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The word turmoil characterized Thailand in 2008. Samak Sundaravej took office as prime minister in January, one month after his People Power Party (PPP) won a near majority in the country's parliamentary elections. Regarded by many critics as a proxy for deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Samak faced a legitimacy problem from the start. His position became particularly delicate when in February Thaksin unexpectedly returned to Thailand from his 17-month exile to face corruption charges. Arrested upon his arrival at the airport in Bangkok, Thaksin was soon granted bail. His return only heightened critics' suspicion that he was the shadow powerholder behind Samak's newly elected government.
The tension burst into public view when the opposition People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), led by media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul and former Bangkok governor Chamlong Srimuang, organized a mass protest in May against Samak's prospective move to amend the 2007 constitution, which the military junta had put into place to prevent Thaksin's return to power. Samak faced another barrage of criticism in June when his government endorsed Cambodia's bid to have the Temple of Preah Vihear—a source of long-standing land disputes between the two countries—listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. In addition, Samak faced a defamation charge filed by a former deputy Bangkok governor. Against this backdrop, the PAD stepped up its calls for Samak's resignation and, beginning in late August, occupied the Government House, where the offices of the prime minister and his cabinet were located. Samak and his government were forced to relocate to the old Don Muang International Airport.
Samak's fall from power came in early September, when the Constitutional Court found him guilty of having illegally accepted payment for appearing on a television cooking show and ordered him to step down. Although initially planning to renominate Samak to the post, the PPP eventually chose Somchai Wongsawat, a former civil servant and deputy PPP leader, as Samak's successor. Somchai, however, was a totally unacceptable choice to the opposition because he was Thaksin's brother-in-law. An ensuing clash between PAD protesters and government security forces resulted in an unconfirmed number of casualties in October.
In late July, Thailand's Supreme Court granted Thaksin and his wife permission to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on condition that they returned to Thailand to stand trial on charges related to a land-purchase scandal. They failed to return, instead fleeing once again to England. On October 21 the Supreme Court gave Thaksin a two-year prison sentence. Though in exile, Thaksin remained the alleged main financier for the PPP. While many Thais, especially in the country's urban areas, were opposed to the PPP, over the course of the year they became increasingly disillusioned with the crude tactics adopted by the PAD. Meanwhile, the Thai army, led by Gen. Anupong Paochinda, remained on the sidelines; Anupong denied persistent coup rumours.
The Constitutional Court ruled on December 2 that vote buying had taken place, disbanded the PPP and two allied parties, and banned Somchai from political activity for five years. On December 15 the parliament elected as prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of the small opposition Democrat Party. At year's end protesters disrupted the scheduled opening of parliament.
The political turmoil damaged the tourist industry, a major source of income for Thailand. Three airports, including those in Phuket and Krabi, two major beach resorts in the south, were closed, if temporarily. The railway services too were temporarily suspended throughout Thailand.


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SALT LAKE CITY — If there's one thing Richard Jefferson has shown during his season in Utah, it's that the outspoken athlete isn't afraid of giving his opinion.
At Thursday's practice, the Jazz small forward was asked if NCAA players declaring early for the draft and the league's age limit hurt the NBA. Two minutes and 22 seconds later (an eternity for an answer to one question) Jefferson finally came up for a breath after an extended rant.
Here are some of the main points by Jefferson (who, by the way, left Arizona after his junior year for the NBA back in 2001):
— "One-hundred percent. The league has definitely been hurt by the age limit (currently 19). The one-and-done is so terrible. There are certain guys that should be able to come out of high school. LeBron (James) and Kobe (Bryant). At the end of the day, this is professional sports. They're going to weed out the people that aren't good enough."
— "That type of mentality — (going to college for) one year or two years — it's affecting college basketball, it's affecting pro sports, and it's just not good. Why can't they come straight out? Because the colleges want some of them (top players) so they can get some money.
"But it's tough on the colleges because you get these kids in there for one year and all of a sudden they're gone, but, yeah, it's all about money. No one really cares if anyone comes straight out of high school for baseball. No one cares if people turn professional straight out of (high school for) tennis. No one cares about that. Why? Because they don't make money for the colleges. It's simple. Who makes money for the colleges? Football, basketball."
— "It's America. It's free enterprise. You should be able to do whatever you want. But because it's about money, it's about generating revenue, the NBA and college are all in it together. (New commissioner) Adam Silver said, 'Yeah, the NBA wouldn't mind giving money to the NCAA.' They're all in it together."
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Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) expectations that Russia, the world's second-biggest oil exporter, will continue to restrict its oil exports has lifted prices to a five month high.
"I'm personally convinced that Russia will support a further restriction on its exports," Opec general secretary Ali Rodriguez said in Moscow after talks will Russian officials.
Russia reluctantly agreed in December to cut its oil exports by 150,000 barrels per day for the first quarter of this year, which together with Opec cuts of 1.5 million barrels per day, pushed the oil price above $20 per barrel.
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"Russia has so far helped us to avoid the collapse of world oil prices," said Opec President Rilwanu Lukman, who is accompanying Mr Rodriguez.
"Despite the fact that we are competitors there is no need to view our relations as adversary."
Opec will meet in Vienna on March 15 and is expected to leave production at current levels while Russia said it would decide on output before 1 April.
A barrel of Brent North Sea crude fell back to $21.66 after hitting $21.89, its highest closing value for almost two months, in the run-up to Mr Rodriguez's mission to Moscow.
"The market is tightening, and Opec really doesn't need to go on like this," Dr Leo Drollas at the Centre for Global Energy Studies told the BBC's World Business Report.
Enforcing quotas
Most other non-Opec countries which agreed to restrict exports for the first quarter of this year - such as Norway and Angola - have already agreed to a three month extension.
"It's in our common interest. The current price is a common problem, it affects all producing countries so we have to assume a common position," Mr Rodriguez said.
Russia's indecision is the one variable which could scuttle Opec's price-fixing plans.
The government relies heavily on revenues from oil exports, and higher production and strong prices have boosted the country's economic growth since 2000.
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The cap on first-quarter's output was largely seen as painless, as oil production and exports usually fall in the winter months because off-shore oil fields become ice bound preventing exports.
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On Wednesday night I was asked to be a guest speaker at the Cayman Islands Camera Club, so with great excitement and a little reluctance (what words of wisdom can I possibly pass on….) I arrived at Breezes, a super cool restaurant in George Town and was greeted by a group of really cool people. All different ages and different aspects of life, wow, what an amazing bunch of photographers! I was so happy and excited to speak to these guys as the questions came pouring in we didn't realize the time and soon it was 9.45pm. How fun, I hope they invite me back if I promise not to be so 'chatty'!
If anyone is interested in this group they can be found on flikr http://www.flickr.com/groups/943571@N24/ Everyone is welcome to join and the club meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at Breezes by the Bay at 7.00pm. If any one has any questions they can contact Darrly at email@example.com (the leader of the pack 🙂 ) . Photos of the evening by Richard. Thanks Richard!


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Modern moral philosophers have tended to study ethics in a void, ignoring the insights of the natural and human sciences. Although several of our most noted and thoughtful biologists and sociologists have sought to correct this, they have based their ethical principles on a grossly distorted view of nature and human society.
The result has been a 'technospheric' ethic that seeks to equate progress and the moral good with economic expansion and the dominance of man over nature. A new 'biospheric' ethic is required: one that places ethical values in their appropriate context: that of mediating human behaviour in its relationship with society, the ecosystem, the biosphere and the Cosmos itself.
Written for the Institute of Science and Society, 26 January 2003. See also a slightly different version published on their website.
One of the first questions to answer in a serious discussion of ethics is whether there exists an acceptable criterion for determining whether or not an action is ethically right or wrong. Dobzhansky thinks that there cannot be, because it would limit "the essential human faculty for the exercise of freedom". [1] Waddington, on the other hand, thinks that there can be.
"I wish to maintain that it is possible to discuss, and perhaps to discover a criterion which is not of an ethical nature, but is, if you wish, of a supra-ethical character; a criterion, that is to say, which would make it possible to decide whether a certain ethical system of values is in some definite and important sense preferable to another." [2]
The criterion which he suggests is "wisdom". Indeed the wise man rather than the educated man, let alone the scientific expert, is above all, he who can best distinguish what is right from what is wrong.
What are ethics?
I think one can consider all natural systems, including humans, to be endowed with a set of instructions whose implementation, in the light of the model of their relationship with their total spatio-temporal environment, has enabled them to achieve their goal of helping to maintain overall Gaian stability or homeostasis, and thereby their own stability or homeostasis.
These instructions are organized hierarchically, the more general – and hence those that determine the basic features of a system's behaviour and which reflect the longest experience – being differentiated into more particular instructions which determine the system's less basic features, those that it has acquired in the more recent past.
One of the most important, and indeed indispensable, features of the general instructions is that they should be non-plastic, and hence immutable in the short-term at least. This is the only way in which continuity, and thus stability, can be maintained. That is why genetic information is non-plastic. If it were not, then there would be nothing to prevent zebras from engendering baby wildebeeste and vice versa.
This is also why cultural information, that which mediates the behaviour of social groups, must be non-plastic. If it were not, then such social groups could display neither continuity nor stability. nor could their behaviour be homeotelic and thereby serve to maintain the order of the Cosmos. Such non-plastic instructions, at the cultural level, I regard as moral values.Back to top
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Waddington points out very explicitly that instructions are useless unless they are accepted and acted upon. For this to be possible, they must be regarded as authoritative. He considers that "the sociogenetic continuum" cannot be maintained "without the existence of the role of an authority acceptor". For him,
"ethicizing is for man an integral part of the role of the taught or the authority acceptor – without the existence of which his cultural socio-genetic evolutionary system could not operate." [3]
Piaget saw ethics in the same way:
"It seems to us an undeniable fact that in the course of the child's mental development, unilateral respect or the respect felt by the small for the great, plays an essential part; it is what makes the child accept all the commands transmitted to him by his parents and is thus the great factor of continuity between different generations." [4]
As the child grows up, this eventually generates co-operation and mutual respect. It could be argued that the acceptance of knowledge transmitted in this way is epistemologically unacceptable. But as Waddington noted:
". . . a great deal of social transmission takes place at a time when the recipient is much too young to apply any verification procedures, which must be regarded as relatively sophisticated mechanisms for adjustment and rectification rather than as basic elements in the fundamental mechanism of transmitted information which is accepted, rather than on information which has been tested and verified." [5]
One can go further than this. Propositions are clearly not accepted in the real world – no more by scientists than by children – because they have been verified, or because they are falsifiable (Popper's proposed criterion), but because they fit in with a particular paradigm or worldview, which, in the case of children may be embryonic and hence in its formative stage. Indeed, 'empirical' verification, as Popper showed decades ago, is not a realistic concept.
The process by which we build up information has, in any case been validated by the evolutionary process itself – of which it is the product. As Waddington wrote:
"like all other products of evolution, information has been moulded by the necessity to fit in with – or rather, to put it more actively, to cope – with the rest of the natural world. The intellect is an instrument forged for the specific purpose of coming to terms with things." [6]
This is an essential point that is rarely made and whose acceptance is alone sufficient to validate knowledge acquired subjectively by intuition by members of societies that have learned "to cope with the rest of the natural world".
What, we might ask, makes the "authority acceptor" accept the instructions and adopt them as the ethical principles underlying his code of conduct? The answer is that they must be sanctioned, authenticated, validated, indeed sanctified, by something more important than himself which he regarded as embodying wisdom, authority and sanctity. Matthew Arnold referred to this as "something, not ourselves, that makes for righteousness". [7]
It makes sense to suppose that that "something not ourselves" should be the natural world of which we are an integral part -and whose laws we must clearly observe if we are to survive Significantly, it seems probable that we are cognitively adjusted' by our geneto-cultural inheritance to regarding nature as the ultimate authority. As Worster writes: "Few ideas have been recycled as often as the belief that the 'is' of nature must become the 'ought' of man". [8]
Even in the nineteenth century – a period which saw the development of technospheric euphoria and the revolt against nature which helped to rationalize this euphoria – sociologists still lookedto nature as the ultimate sanction for our ethical system. As Greta Jones writes,
"The search for a social theory was, for the vast majority of nineteenth century sociologists, a search for a 'natural' underpinning to social order and, in addition, for atheory of the individual's obligation to respect that order." [9]
Even those who explicitly rejected thenotion that our ethics cannot be derived from nature could not, in spite of themselves, avoid doing just that. Thus Lester Ward, who saw nature as evil and preached state-controlled economic development as a means of creating a paradise on earth, stated that his programme ("collective telesis") could alone "place society once more in the free current of natural law". [10]
Even Edward O. Wilson, the father of twentieth century sociobiology, who strenuously denies that our ethics can be derived from nature, cannot avoid telling us, in an unguarded moment, that our ethical values are the product of the evolutionary process:
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"The biologist, who is concerned with questions of physiology and evolutionary history, realizes that self-knowledge is constrained and shaped by the emotional control centres in the hypothalamusand limbic system of the brain. . . What, we are then compelled to ask, made the hypothalamus and limbic system? They evolved by natural selection. That simple biological statement must be pursued to explain ethics and ethical philosophers,if not epistemology and epistemologists, at all depths." [11]


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One of the interesting things about being an analyst is about discovering holes. By that, I don't mean anything to do with golf, but technology holes: places where there are gaps in the market. With hindsight, for example, it is easy to see that there was a glaring hole in the data warehousing market before Netezza and its appliance-based imitators stepped into the breach. There was a similar hole in the spreadsheet management market before the likes of Cluster Seven and Prodiance (now part of Microsoft) came to market. Well, I think I've discovered another such hole though, in this case, it has yet to be filled.
We all know that the biggest cause of failed IT projects is what used to be known as "specification mismatch" - the gap between what the user wanted and what IT delivered. And, of course, it's primarily caused by the fact that the relevant people don't speak the same language and, generally, think in different ways (for example, business entities versus tables). There are lots of products that have business glossaries and other such capabilities, but these are really only skirting around the edge of the problem. The real issue lies with the requirements themselves: how do you capture these in such a way that they can be easily understood by both the business users who are commissioning the project and the IT department that has to implement it? And then, how do you ensure that your requirements are actually what gets implemented?
Well, there are answers to those questions. Sort of. You can implement requirements management. According to Wikipedia this is "the process of documenting, analysing, tracking, prioritising and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating to relevant stakeholders. It is a continuous process throughout a project. A requirement is a capability to which a project outcome (product or service) should conform." The problem with these products is that they are large, complex and expensive. Not that they don't do what it says on the tin but they represent pretty heavyweight solutions that will be most suitable for very large and/or complex projects.
The alternative approach is typically to use Visio, Word and PowerPoint. This is a bit better than drawing by hand on a whiteboard but it's hardly high-tech: it's very much a low-end solution. On the other hand, it's about all that's available if you aren't prepared to go in for the significant investment involved in requirements management.
So, here's where the hole is: it must be possible to create a product that can capture requirements and detail how they should be fulfilled, which can be understood by both technical and business users, and represents a genuine automation of this process rather than an automation of white-boarding without going to the extremes of a full-blown requirements management system. Such an application probably needs to be based on some sort of flow charting, but just supporting flow charting (you can do that in Visio) won't be enough.
I think such a product can and should be created and I'll be returning to what such an offering might look like in a further article.


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Which is the suitable browser for working on mturk ?... chrome, firefox or explorer ?.....
Which is the suitable browser for working on mturk ?... chrome, firefox or explorer ?.....
I use Chrome for the bulk of my Turking. If I am doing survey HITs, I will do the Qualtrics part in IE.
A lot of people swear by Firefox and customize it with Greasemonkey scripts.
Are you new to Turking? We were all under the impression that AMT was not greenlighting new accounts from outside the USA.
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I use Chrome for everything. If I can't do a HIT with Chrome I don't do it. IE is too slow and I don't like the Firefox format. Speaking of things AMT is doing or not doing, I was dismayed when suddenly I couldn't sign into my account because my email addy was no longer recognized--even though I was getting regular weekly emails from amazon. I called and a tech helped me get it on track and then it happened yet again a couple weeks later. After nearly 70,000 hits completed, a 99% approval rate and record of nearly 5 grand earned, you can imagine my aggravation. I gave up and started a new account. Then the other night I'm cranking out HITS like crazy and suddenly I get a message saying no more hits are available to me and try again tomorrow. WTH is going on lately? Sorry to get off topic but it's been bugging me and I don't know how to start a new thread about it!
You might have reached the thirty eight hundred daily limit. It doesn't matter if you accept or summit them, but you get 3,000 hits a day.
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Chrome for life
When I started turking I was using firefox. I have been on chrome now because I can't seem to transcribe very well on firefox. I have no problems transcribing on chrome. IE is sooo slow. So I stick with chrome.
I use Chrome for most HITs. Occasionally, some HITs dont work on Chrome (very few) so I have to use Firefox or IE.
I've used Firefox for years, and usually use it for turking. I've got nothing against Chrome, it's a great browser. Much of the time I'll have both running and use them for different things.
You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable, if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. ~ IV


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'Kim and Kourtney Take New York' to Premiere Tonight With Kris Humphries
Kim Kardashian and her sister, Kourtney are returning to TV tonight in "Kourtney and Kim Take New York," with the show airing on E! at 10 p.m. ET and many are wondering how Kris Humphries will be portrayed on the show.
Reports of Kris Humphries suing Kim Kardashian for $10 million over upcoming episodes of the show have proven to be false.
Sources close to the basketball player told TMZ Kris has no plans to sue his ex-wife.
A false report surfaced last week and said Kris would be suing because of the negative way he will be portrayed in the upcoming season.
Sources close to the couple said the show will be hinting at marital problems even though it was only 72 days.
These same sources told Us Weekly, "He belittled her in front of people he'd call her stupid. It was truly sickening."
Last week Kim's lawyer took to the star's defense against allegations the wedding was staged citing the complexity of the prenuptial agreement as one of the main factors for this.
"Our office did indeed negotiate and prepare a prenup for Ms. Kardashian. Given what I know regarding that document, it is not plausible that this marriage was a sham," Wasser said to TMZ.
She told the gossip site that many of the negotiations dealt with financial issues "that go well into the future" with complications that didn't make sense for a short-term marriage.
"Why on earth would they [Kim, Kris and their lawyers] create a document which looks far into the future if they planned a marriage that would only last a few months," sources close to Kim told TMZ.
The prenup was reportedly 30 pages long containing everything from tax returns to exhibits, and other financial documents.


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All the pages on the site seem to be working correctly however after viewing my cart when I go to the Checkout page all that shows up is the following file listing:
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I finally figured it out, I had set up Magento e-commerce before switching to WordPress and I had set it up under the folder /checkout. When I uninstalled it WordPress removed everything but a theme I had created so the new woocommerce site was incorrectly pointing to the /checkout folder which did nothing. Removed the folder and now it's working correctly.
Glad you were able to find a fix! I would have been quite lost in trying to diagnose that :)
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Mothballs and wood smoke are a strange combination of aromas. That's what I smell when I sit down at Reid's Barbecue restaurant down in Sunnyside. I think the mothball smell is coming from the floor-length red curtains on the window a few feet from my table. The long curtains are pulled tight so the place stays dark and cool.
The mothball smell reminds me of the cedar chest where my mother kept her cheerleader sweater, my dad's military uniforms and old photos and letters. The conjured memory seems oddly appropriate to this place. Reid's Barbecue feels like it's been tucked away in mothballs for about a third of a century.
The wood parquet pattern on the linoleum floors is wearing off. The menu hanging on the wall has been slow-smoked to a light brown. Inside the old wall clock above the bar, the Budweiser Clydesdales have been frozen midstride since Reid's opened for business in 1968. In the middle of the bar sits a plastic plant in the kind of squat ceramic planter I remember from my childhood.
Reid's Barbecue
4101 Clover, 713-734-9326. Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through Saturdays.
Order of ribs: $7.50
Pound of ribs: $12.50
Sliced beef sandwich: $3.75
Link sandwich: $3.50
Onion and pickles: 50 cents
My lunch date is running late, so I'm sitting by myself at the table. There's another handwritten copy of the menu, photocopied and displayed in two sheets inside a Coors Light Plexiglas table display. But the illustrated Coors bottle obscures half of the writing. So I slide the two sheets of paper out and lay them on the table where I can read them.
When the swinging door to the kitchen opens, Eddie Reid appears in a plume of meat-scented wood smoke. She's an older, small black woman with metal-framed glasses. Reid grew up in the Third Ward. She opened the place with her husband, James Reid, who passed away nine years ago. Eddie runs the place now, along with her son James, who learned to smoke meat from his father and has worked at the restaurant since the beginning.
The only other customers in the place are nearly through eating. Eddie Reid walks over to where I'm sitting, looks at the sheets of menu on the table and frowns.
"Did you take those out of there?" she asks.
"Yes...just to read them," I reply. Then I add meekly, "I'll put them back."
"I wish you would," she says.
Although my friend isn't here yet, I would rather go ahead and order for her than risk the wrath of the lady now standing poised with pen over order pad, waiting for me to make up my mind.
"An order of ribs, a sliced beef sandwich, a pint of potato salad, a pint of beans, pickles and onions, two Cokes and pie if you have any," I say as I restore the menu to its proper place in the Coors Light display.
"I didn't bake any pies today," Eddie says, writing it all down and shuffling off. A few other customers come in and stand at the bar to order food to go.
Our barbecue arrives shortly after my lunchmate sits down. But the food doesn't come on plates -- it's all tightly wrapped in brown paper.
"Do you think she's trying to tell us something?" my friend whispers. We unwrap the food and spread it out on the table, and Eddie returns with some napkins.
"You're going to eat it here?" she says with surprise.
"Yes, ma'am," I answer.
"You should have told me; I would have served it to you," she says, seeming genuinely sorry.
The brisket and ribs are smoked in the classic East Texas African-American style, so that the meats are very moist and tender with a powerful smoky aroma. And in keeping with the style, everything is drenched in a barbecue sauce that's a tad sweet for Anglo palates such as ours.
The mashed potato salad is homemade and seasoned with a little pickle juice. The pinto beans are plain. The "sandwich" is actually a generous pile of falling-apart brisket and a couple of slices of white bread. Pickles and onions are 50 cents extra. You assemble your own sandwiches. That way they don't get all soggy.
"Is that red oak you have stacked up out back?" I ask Eddie Reid. She shoots me a dismissive glance.
"There's no red oak back there. We cook with white oak and hickory," she says.
The brisket is delicious, though it's not served in neat slices. Barbecue cook-off judges look for deep smoke rings and uniform slices in brisket cooking contests. And that's the culinary aesthetic taught in barbecue seminars and cook-off judging classes -- which is one reason so few blacks participate in barbecue cook-offs.
"That's the difference between white and black barbecue," says Houston artist and Fifth Ward barbecue fan Bert Long. "Blacks cook everything to death." At Goode Co., every piece of meat is served in a perfect slice, he says. At black barbecue joints, they don't mind serving you a messy pile of tender meat.
My lunchmate has devoured four ribs with uncharacteristic abandon. I reach over and grab a couple "tender bones" before she eats them all.
"Sorry if I got carried away," she says. "These are really good."
I have to agree. The meat is so tender it falls easily away from the bone. The ribs have been spiced with a dry rub, which gives them a nice salt and red pepper tang. On the outside, the meat has a crunchy black crust. They are truly world-class ribs, except for the sauce.
"What do you think of the barbecue sauce?" I ask my lunchmate.
"I think it makes an excellent face cream," she says with an orange smile.
On my next visit, I'm the only customer sitting at a table. I order a link sandwich and a Coke, and an order of ribs to go. I also risk Eddie's wrath by asking if I can get the ribs with the barbecue sauce on the side. To my surprise, Eddie has no problem with the request.
Seven or eight people come and pick up sacks of barbecue, but no one else sits down. I wonder why. Though the decorations are dated and the floor is worn, the restaurant is spotlessly clean. Almost too clean, I muse. I wonder if Eddie Reid is one of those obsessive neat-and-tidy types who puts plastic covers on the sofa.
She brings me the link sandwich, which consists of ten or so little sections of East Texas links doused in barbecue sauce with three pieces of bread on the side. But this time I discover that deep down under that put-that-menu-back-where-you-found-it exterior, Eddie Reid has a heart full of pent-up hospitality she's dying to share. Not only does she bring me a glass of ice for my Coke, she brings me an unsolicited glass of ice water.
East Texas links are made of finely ground beef, lots of fat and plenty of cayenne. They aren't like the coarse-ground German- or Czech-style sausages found in Central Texas. Among Anglos, they're an acquired taste. Although they're stuffed in edible natural casings, they tend to ooze out of the skins. Many people squeeze the sausage meat out onto a piece of bread and leave the casings uneaten. This is the essence of a link sandwich.
Reid's links are very peppery and well smoked. Already I've used up two pieces of white bread making fold-over sandwiches with link meat, sauce, pickles and onions, and I'm down to my last slice. That's when it happens.
Eddie Reid walks over to my table and asks, "Would you like another slice of bread?" I take advantage of her offer. And now, between the sauce on the side and all that free bread and water, I'm full of warm and fuzzy feelings.
She hands me the ribs wrapped to go, and I give one a try. In my opinion, James Reid's spectacular ribs are even better without sauce. The crust is crunchier and the flavor of the smoke is unmasked. Later that day, I bring the ribs to the office and hand them over to two colleagues who haven't had lunch. Both rave about them. One likes them better with the sauce, and one prefers them without.
I work up the courage to walk up front and ask Reid if I can take a look at the barbecue pit. Having checked it out already from the back of the building, I know it's a brick pit with the classic old Third Ward design -- the firebox opens to the outside, and the meat-smoking chamber opens on the inside. But I would love to get a closer look.
"Nobody goes behind the counter," Reid says, scowling.
"Just a peek?" I plead.
"Are you some kind of inspector?" Reid asks.
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"No," I say.
"Then why do you want to inspect my pit?"
Finally, I give up and leave.
I highly recommend that you go visit Eddie Reid and her awesome barbecue time capsule. Don't worry: She barks, but she doesn't bite.


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BYU secures commit: football long-snapper Kolton Donovan
crowntown1 Corona, CAJune 19, 2011 9:51 a.m.
Re: Where's Stockton
And they are the Ruins! UCLA has had no good QB play since Cade Mcnown.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 18, 2011 3:54 p.m.
It took me a few minutes after I wrote my last post to realize that you're not the Hedgie critter from the shores of the Great Black swamp in Ann Arbor. But don't sell Chow down the river ...Remember he guided Carson Palmer and Lienart to Heismans at USC and a couple of National Championships as well under Pete Carrol. If Pete had had more brains than he did ego he would have kept Chow there. Pete let him go because everyone was referring to Chow as the Master and Pete as the Apprentice and that drove him crazy. Pete figured that since Steve Sarkesian had worked so much with Chow over the years since being a Quarterback at BYU under him that Steve was about as close as having Chow anyways so he let Chow go and moved Steve up to the OC position.
I only need to say two words about why Chow didn't do much at UCLA...Rick Knuheisel...the name is synonmous with destroying major college Football Programs...and never turning the reins over to Chow to run the offense was a great mistake. Chow will turn the program around if youlet him...cont.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 18, 2011 11:02 a.m.
Sorry Hedgie I think you have me confused with Duck Hunter. I never wrote any of that... Your memory cycle seems to be fading on you. I'll claim anything that is my own... even the rediculous stuff I do write from time to time but let's not be putting words in my mouth that I didn't say. I certainly wouldn't do that to you.
Cougar_Independence OMAHA, NEJune 18, 2011 8:09 a.m.
This kid is an all American at his position, so it's a good pickup.
Now, he is no Jake Heaps, but Utah couldn't get a 5 star QB to come to their school even if they paid him as much as Ohio State pays their QB's!
Go Cougars!
Scoreboard Draper, UTJune 18, 2011 4:54 a.m.
It's worse than you can know. Wynn is struggling to regain anything close to his prior form and ability (which wasn't great). He can't even throw further than 40 yds (my 10 yr can do that).
A football field is 50 yds wide and as it stands now he'll be hardpressed to make any out throws and unable to make any deep throws. He'll make Brian Johnson's wobbly arm seem like Jamarcus Russell. Compounding this problem is they have a bunch of mediocre high school QB's on the roster backing him up.
Since they no longer have any NFL worthy talent on defense their first season in the Pac10.2 is starting to look like Custer's Last Stand.
Hegdehog Bountiful, UTJune 17, 2011 11:02 p.m.
@Where's Stockton???
Kyle is a great DC and a good MWC HC, but now that he no longer has any of Urban Meyer's recruits left on the team we're starting to see that he can't get the elite athletes necessary to be even remotely competitive.
We got through the Cupcake portion of the schedule well enough but when we were matched up against ranked teams we were embarrassing. The combined score in losses to TCU, ND & BSU was 13-101. We should've lost even to BYU at home if it weren't for some bad play calling by their coaches and major blown call by the refs. We struggled against a Cougar team that was starting practically all freshman.
The program peaked in '08 and since all of Urban's guys left for the NFL we've been in slow decline. I'm not sure KW could even stay competitive in the MWC anymore (1 title in 6 yrs?!).
Chow's not any better. When was the last time he was any good? Its been years. We're in major league trouble and I am already regretting our short-sighted move to Slaughterville.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXJune 17, 2011 8:28 p.m.
BYU's chance of getting a BCS bid has increased with their move to independence. In the MWC, a perfect record was required to get a BCS bid.
I'm betting that BYU would now get an at-large bid if they had one loss, to a Top 10 team, especially if that loss were on the road. If BYU finishes in the Top 8, they will get an at-large bid. Heaps will lead BYU to a BCS bowl before he goes onto the NFL.
If the BCS remains in tact, some provision needs to be made for AQ Conferences. If the AQ Conference champion is not ranked in the Top 20, they should not get an invite. There is no way UConn deserved a bid last year. What an embarassment for the BCS.
crowntown1 Corona, CAJune 17, 2011 7:58 p.m.
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No you wouldn't!
Scoreboard Draper, UTJune 17, 2011 7:22 p.m.
@Chrissy B
"Not going to happen. Ever."
Quite a prediction. Now that you're in over your heads in the Pac10+2 you can get a lot of mileage out of that prediction. It's better than your Magic 8 ball.
Q. Playing in the Pac 12 will Utah ever play in another BCS bowl game?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Playing in the Pac12 will Utah ever finish higher than 6th place?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Playing in the Pac 12 will Utah ever finish a season ranked in the top 25?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Playing in the Pac 12 will Utah ever play for a National Championship?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Playing in the Pac 12 will Utah ever win 10+ games again?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Playing in the Pac 12 will Utah ever have a Heisman Trophy winner?
A. "Not going to happen. Ever."
Q. Will dumb Ute fans like Chris B ever regret Utah's joining the Pac 12?
A. "Absolutely will happen. Sooner than later. Mark it down."
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 6:43 p.m.
@Black Shirts
Dude I'm as pro BYU as you'll find but I'm also as pro Kyle Whittingham and Pro Norm Chow as you will find also. Both top notch Coaches...One young and one a little older but both at a program that right now has more questions than it has answers. Don't make the mistake of foolishly underestimating either one... especially Norm Chow. His problem is his complexity level of seeing the field from every offensive angle...something he's exceptionally good at... and then the imposing amount of time it takes to teach it. Wynn and company are definitely not going to learn it overnight...I seriously doubt if they will have it rock solid by the end of the season. A Jim McMahon type or a Mark Wilson would definately help the Utes maybe... but Wynn's not of thier caliber so it's going to be iffy despite being in the weaker division and having USC out of the post season picture. Having two new running backs isn't necessarily an answer for the Utes either other than it gives Chow more to work with for encorporating the run to set up the pass. Wynn's sort of a question mark.
Black Shirts South Jordan, UTJune 17, 2011 3:49 p.m.
Im hearing a lot of chatter about how bad the Ute's really looked in fall ball. Chow communicates like a first grader and Wynn is basically terrible. When the Ute's get beat by 20, by the Coug's, it going to be a week of celebration watching the Ute nation panic as they realize their beloved football team has become the BASKETBALL team. Whit is overrated and Chow is even more overrated. Its going to blow-up and its going to be fun watching.
As for the Cougs theyll have a great season with only a couple of senior starters. This team has three years together.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 2:15 p.m.
Need to correct an earlier mistake...It's the Fiesta Bowl that was laughingly so called Busted... as everyone already knows. But the Sugar bowl isn't far behind with the Terrele Pryor / Ohio State fiasco that is still uncoverning deeper problems.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 2:07 p.m.
You must love being somewhere else rather than living here in the present. In case you're wondering or that you were out and about in one of your mind excursions... USC got 25 top 100's committed last go around...that is if you are into counting stars which by your hilareous comment you must be.... anyways...USC's recruiting will always... even under sanctions... put Utah's to shame which right now puts last years 2 H.S. and 2 JUCO 4's to shame. All but 2 were 4 stars...the two others were just measly 5 stars. They actually have 26 4's if you count the additional 4 grayshirts they got the last go around. I think your worries should be directed towards the western coastline rather than worry about how well BYU actually does with some great talent locally. No matter how you count it or when you count it... it still comes out BYU 1 National Championship and Utah 2 rollover tricks and 2 bones to chew on in the corner.
G-Swenz Providence, UTJune 17, 2011 1:38 p.m.
Considering Utah beat BYU last year, only lost to TCU, @ND, and Boise St., and return a decent 12 starters, and had a good recruiting class, I don't know why you are so quick to disrespect them.
And considering that USU beat BYU last year, returns 17 starters including by FAR their best player who didn't see a down against the Cougs last year, a team who only lost a QB who can't throw, and a few DB's (the position that is always their strongest), I wouldn't count out USU either.
I root for USU, BYU, and Utah probably in that order so I hope the Cougs do well, but don't get too far ahead of yourself, I mean, "what have you done for me lately?"
Duckhunter Highland, UTJune 17, 2011 12:47 p.m.
Well there are about 4,000,000 BYU fans in this country and about 50,000 utah "fans". That right there will tell you why one gets more coverage than the other. Frankly I think the DNews is very charitable with the amount of coverage they give utah considering its puny and tenouous fanbase. Newspapers are in the business of selling, get this, newspapers, so they need to print news that the majority of the potential readership actually wants to read. Its just smart business not an ncaa violation. LOL!
worf Mcallen, TXJune 17, 2011 12:20 p.m.
One of the Denny brothers play deep snapper for the Dolphins. They must consider it an important position or why not train one of the bench sitters. NFL teams aren't allowed as many players on their roster as college, so why waste one on a deep snapper? Can't beleive some are snapping at this topic.
UgottaloveMaxie SLC, UTJune 17, 2011 11:54 a.m.
Woah, BYU is TOTALLY winning the recruiting battle. this is unbelievable I am SO EXCITED for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP which is just a few months away. Watch out world, it's going to be pandamonium in provo after our first game!! Woot woot!!
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 10:58 a.m.
Who says you can't have 3 potential Kentucky Derby winners in your stalls and still be looking for a 4th...in Chases case he's two sided so more options...it's not rocket science. Better hope that you hang onto him...I'll bet his parents and uncles will probably still work on him while he's on his mission. It wouldn't be the first time that a Ute recruit had a change of mind.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 10:48 a.m.
@Chris B
Honor code means no BCS games...Sorry but that definitely isn' the end of the story. The BCS is internally imploding well on it's own. Let's begin with Ohio State's gangster story in Maurice Clarret...Busted!!! USC and Reggie Bush... Busted!!! And Ohio State again with Terrele Pryor and four of his teammates...Busted!!! Then we have the Sugar Bowl Bust...what a joke that was... a lousey million dollar penalty and slap on the hand instead of a kick in the pants to the ousted CEO. We'll see what happens next when this whole issue with Pryor and company really gets the hot coals treatment over the personal request of Sugar Bowl CEO Hoolihan to both OSU's President Gee (a Ute Alunus btw ) and to the NCAA... not to jeopardize their 2011 game with Arkansas by not allowing Pryor and his four accomplices to play. That's going to be a very relevent issue on the horizon. Then we've got the most recent incident with an Oregon corner back racing about the Oregon countryside on a suspended license in a rental car signed for by a University employee...and... dont't even turn the Cam Newton page yet either.
TrollPolice Salt Lake City, UTJune 17, 2011 10:06 a.m.
"You must be joking. THIS is news?"
You must be joking; if it's not news, then why are you reading and commenting on the article?
The DNews, owned by the LDS church, like BYU, has always been the Cougars' defacto statewide "local" newspaper. Of course the coverage for the Cougs is "blatantly disproportionate"; BYU is the most newsworthy team and has significantly more fans than any other team in the state.
If you want "local" coverage of the Utes, see the SLTrib.
If you want "local" coverage of the Wildcats, see the OgdenStandard.
And if you want "local" coverage of the Aggies, see the LoganHerald.
Starfarer Mesa, AZJune 17, 2011 10:04 a.m.
Your logic is not sound. It cracks me up that you think that your armchair quarterbacking substitutes for actual experience. It's easy to sit back and critique with nothing on the line. Domain has both played and coached now for several years. You my friend have not.
Chris B,
So what you are saying is the BYU with an Honor Code can't win enough games to ever be considered for a BCS game? So what you are saying is that if BYU goes undefeated anytime in the next, oh say, two to three years, the BCS will all get together and deny BYU the chance because they have high standards?
This may be true, but it just goes to show you that the BCS is the dumbest program on record and should be broken up.
It also shows us how pathetic people are who like the BCS.
On another note, why do people with no standards always find fault with people who do?
Jute19 Poop, UTJune 17, 2011 9:51 a.m.
Soccer Kid. Your theories are flawed. You say that Doman is the OC and therefore only recruits offensive players... Well then why would he have been recruiting Chase Hansen? I thought BYU was stacked at QB and doesn't need him. Can't have your cake and eat it too kid.
TJ Eagle Mountain, UTJune 17, 2011 9:51 a.m.
All the comments on how irrelevent long snappers are and that BYU should not have wasted a scholarship on this athlete. I find it hilarious that all the Yners are obsessively commenting on this article. Their jealousy and insecurity are completely exposed with every comment on every BYU article.
Donovan is a good sized lineman / center. At 6'3" and over 250 going into his senior year, he will be a candidate to play center at BYU full time. Last I checked, good offensive linemen are highly valued and are offered scholarships at all universities.
cla Salt Lake City, UTJune 17, 2011 9:15 a.m.
You must be joking. THIS is news? A long snapper. Sad to see the Deseret News is no longer a media outlet and has become the marketing department for the BYU athletic program ... just another recruiting tool for the Cougars. The NCAA really ought to look into this...seems to be an unfair advantage for a college athletic program to have an daily newspaper promoting that program. The amount of coverage for the Cougs is blatantly disproportionate and grossly unfair to the other universities in this state. A long snapper...you've gotta be kidding me.
Ernest T. Bass Bountiful, UTJune 17, 2011 9:09 a.m.
When the long snapper doesn't hike the ball the way he should then it hurts the team.
ExecutorIoh West Jordan, UTJune 17, 2011 8:06 a.m.
No honor code = no BCS games for Ohio State and USC.
Most schools have some sort of honor code, though not to the extent of BYU's. You'll find that having an honor code typically means less discipline problems, harder workers, and less distractions off the field. I would take a team that lives by an honor code and plays in the Las Vegas bowl, than the Ohio State train wreck right now.
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 6:44 a.m.
@brave little robin
No bursted bubbles here... having watched Utah roll over twice then sent off to the corner with thier table scraps without even a whimper...shows me how little self respect uteys have. And you're the one not knowing anything about what the BCS is all about. Busting the BCS even twice is nothing in comparison to actually being the impetus for the creation of the BCS in the first place. The 1984 Holiday Bowl and the National Championship that went with it will always be a bigger busting of the big boys club than any also ran games where they knowingly cheated Utah of a rightful title shot. The Irony is in the fact that you people even know that you got cheated but aren't willing to admit that you were...and are so capitulatory that you're willing to rollover and accept anything offered...even to the point of licking thier hand. Now that's downright undignified as well as demeaning.
Mendenhall and Doman's efforts to improve this young team will pay off in the long run. Specifically going after this special team player shows me that attention to detail is being applied and implemented. Rise and Shout!!!
Where's Stockton ??? Bowling Green, OHJune 17, 2011 6:04 a.m.
Dude the game decider last year against Uah was not the blocked punt at the end of the game it was the early 3rd qtr Coaching error on an unnecessary gamble to go for the first down on a 4th and inches and not take the easy chip shot FG that would have put BYU up by 9 points and forced Utah to have to score on two possessions to take the lead... The coaching staff lost the game not the players.
worf Mcallen, TXJune 16, 2011 10:51 p.m.
Do you honestly think USU will beat the cougs two years in a row? Maybe in twelve years, they may win another. Maybe! They would struggle just to beat the Utes if they played this year. For now, the Aggies rank second to the cougs for state honeors.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXJune 16, 2011 10:42 p.m.
USU has no chance of knocking off BYU. If you're looking for history to support your claim, it will be 17 more years before the Aggies beat BYU again.
G-Swenz Providence, UTJune 16, 2011 9:04 p.m.
Good get by the Cougs. Special teams can win or lose games.
I just can't believe I saw the phrase "national championship" mentioned on an article about a long snapper. Not even saying they can't can't get there but really Alpine Coug? Let's see them at least win 8-9 games before we come out with the "potential run at a NC and BCS" card.
At least when I say USU has a good chance to knock off BYU this year there is recent history to back it up.
CougarOnTheProwl Murray, UTJune 16, 2011 8:39 p.m.
Certainly not the most exciting position in football but still an important position. One bad snap on a punt or fg can quickly change the momentium or outcome of a game. A good and smart decision by BYU to secure a very good long snapper for the future.
worf Mcallen, TXJune 16, 2011 8:28 p.m.
If a deep snapper gives value to the team, than the honest thing to do is give him a scholly. This is why some people struggle with the honor code. What's more important?---National Championships or honesty? Unlike Chris B, I feel honorable teams can win.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXJune 16, 2011 8:22 p.m.
Why am I not reading about any Ute commits? Cougs are up to 12 or 13. Does Utah have any?
Welcome to Cougar County Donovan. As I'm sure you know, the future is very bright and keeps getting brighter by the day with outstanding commits like yourself.
I'm surprised that more people aren't talking about the arrival of Adam Hine this year. We've waited along time for this kid. It will be interesting to see if he redshirts with three solid starters already projected for RB in 2011.
Hine will be one of the top five RB's the Cougars have had. I can't wait to see Hine and Quezada in the back field coached by DuPaix.
Not taking anything away from Langi, but if I had the choice between Hine and Langi - Hine would be my guy. He's one more piece of the puzzle as we continue to build an outstanding team for the foreseeable future.
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 16, 2011 7:27 p.m.
My logic is sound. The kid had no real offers and most likely nothing was coming from any BCS program. If Doman had a better handle on the recruiting thing he would have held off and offerd him a walk on. He blew a scholly on a kid he could have had for free.
He's new at the coaching thing...hopefully he learns from his mistakes.
softbear Olympia, WAJune 16, 2011 5:34 p.m.
What's the value of a long snapper? I played as a long snapper and had a chance to play for the Y, except for too many broken nose and ankles. Back in the 60's you couldn't play if you had broken any part of your body more than twice, my nose 6 times. But the year I would have played we lost 3 games because of bad snaps--Wyo & Colo State--can't remember the 3rd.
Also Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys thinks it's important enough that the years he won the Super Bowls he was paying a long snapper over $250,000 just to snap. The Y did good to recurit a young man with that skill. If you think not, try putting your head between your legs, throwing a ball 15 to 17 yards with accurace-- knowing when you come up some 300 lb is going to knock your head off!!! You may think alittle different about this scholarship.
Chris B Salt Lake City, UTJune 16, 2011 5:13 p.m.
Honor code equals no BCS games.
End of story.
Starfarer Mesa, AZJune 16, 2011 4:57 p.m.
hedgehog | 3:59 p.m. June 16, 2011
Aren't you the same guy who talked up a whole storm about four and five star recruits? Didn't you poke a whole lot of fun at BYU for not getting any?
What is 3rd in the country? How many stars does he get? 5 stars for being in the top three?
So which is it? Stars mean something, or do they mean nothing, but 3rd in the country doesn't, or does it? Or now is it that he didn't receive offers from USC? Why would he go to USC? They can't play in a bowl game for a while and maybe didn't need him. (Like USC is relevant right now)
See when you just hate something, and your only goal is to tear it down, you start slipping on logic, and don't realize that your previous comments condemn your current ones.
It's better if you just stay quiet, the adults are having a conversation.
bigsoccer Syracuse, UTJune 16, 2011 4:42 p.m.
hedgehog | 1:07 p.m. June 16, 2011
Ann Arbor, MI
Why would Doman go after CB's, he is the offensive coordinator not the defensive.
In Stitches Provo, UtahJune 16, 2011 4:41 p.m.
Exactly. So what does that say about the U of U?
SoCalUtahFan Utesville, CAJune 16, 2011 4:38 p.m.
long snapper for a "long shot" team
Cougar Claws Lindon, UTJune 16, 2011 4:34 p.m.
Obviously I was joking.
A good long snapper can make a difference in any game just like any position. It may not be an exciting position to talk about, but they are like kickers and punters in that they are the type of players that can change a game in 1 play.
Tommy2Shoes Lehi, UTJune 16, 2011 4:26 p.m.
Hopefully the offense runs so well that we don't need a deep snap to a punter. Still need to snap it good to the kick holder, Nothing worse than seeing a hike sail over the head of the punter (my son was a punter) or so short he has to bend over to field it thus disrupting the timing of the punt. Glad to see another quality recruit to play these specialty positions.
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 16, 2011 3:59 p.m.
"He is ranked 3rd in the country and if you saw his PAT/Field goal snaps you would know why...NFL fast!"
Wow! ranked 3rd in the country? Surely he must have some big time offers from some big time programs like USC or Alabama ect.... no? no one? hmmmm.
Brave Sir Robin San Diego, CAJune 16, 2011 3:48 p.m.
I hate to burst your bubble Y fans, but when you're losing to teams like Utah State, it's not your long-snapper that's keeping you from going to a BCS game.
On that subject, you guys sure talk a lot about what it takes to get to a BCS game considering none of you know anything about it.
milkshake St. George, UTJune 16, 2011 3:34 p.m.
This kid is the real deal. Not your typical DS, 6'3, 255 lbs. He is ranked 3rd in the country and if you saw his PAT/Field goal snaps you would know why...NFL fast!
worf Mcallen, TXJune 16, 2011 2:42 p.m.
Chris B | 11:08 a.m. June 16, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT
"Huge pickup cougars!
No doubt you're inching closer and closer to a BCS game"
Chris your'e finally correct on something. BYU will play a BCS bowl game before the Utes will. I'll mark your words.
BYU DUDE Provo, UTJune 16, 2011 2:37 p.m.
Utah is set to break the world record in 3 and outs this year. Utah's deep snapper will be paying more football than Jordan Wynn. I just hope Wynn makes it to the BYU game, so Jordan Pendelton can have some Dead Duck hunting Practice.
In My Humble Opinion South Jordan, UTJune 16, 2011 2:29 p.m.
To inform the uninformed, there are players on NFL rosters whose sole duty is long snapping, and I'm pretty sure they get paid more than trolls.
Starfarer Mesa, AZJune 16, 2011 2:18 p.m.
Typically a walk on?
Shows how much you know about football.
I am not sure where you getting your info, but your ignorance is showing.
Special teams win games. If he's good, he gets a scholarship.
MESOUTE Karchaj, A.V.June 16, 2011 2:16 p.m.
Good for this kid. He gets to play football and get a free education.
KH Holladay, UTJune 16, 2011 2:07 p.m.
"This lack of attention to detail, relying on chance to have a quality long snapper, is why Kyle loses to teams like Wyoming, Colorado State, New Mexico and UNLV, and Bronco is undefeated against all of them."
What about teams like Utah State?
KH Holladay, UTJune 16, 2011 1:48 p.m.
"Of course a Team with fans that know nothing about football would make fun of this signing"
A byu fan claiming that a Utah fan doesn't know football. That's ironic. Wasn't it Bronco that called byu fans uneducated when he said, "the level of criticism is equal to the level of education"?
byu's own football coach called byu's fans uneducated about football.
In Stitches Provo, UtahJune 16, 2011 1:42 p.m.
I LOVE Chrissy's predictions ... they are ALWAYS wrong. She just guaranteed us some great success. Thanks Little Sis.
Christy B Salt Lake City, UtahJune 16, 2011 1:40 p.m.
"a long snapper is typically a walk on..."
This lack of attention to detail, relying on chance to have a quality long snapper, is why Kyle loses to teams like Wyoming, Colorado State, New Mexico and UNLV, and Bronco is undefeated against all of them.
Uteanymous Salt Lake City, UtahJune 16, 2011 1:29 p.m.
"when one person has IE and Firefox open, logged under two different accounts, and posts twice on one article on a team he doesn't like one after another..."
You wouldn' be implying that
hedgehog = Chris B
are you?
Surely it's just a coincidence that they're always two of the first bloggers to post on every BYU article.
Kyle probably doesn't bother recruiting long snappers anymore because they're no longer needed at Utah since King Louie graduated.
BlueSaint South Jordan, UTJune 16, 2011 1:22 p.m.
Of course a Team with fans that know nothing about football would make fun of this signing, but Fans of the premiere and only Legite Football program in the state understand this offer. Deep snapping is a vital skill, known to real football fans nation wide.
Of course when you have band wagon fans, like some of the lower tiered schools in the state, they would probably smirk at this signing. So predictable!
Starfarer Mesa, AZJune 16, 2011 1:14 p.m.
Chris B
Do you ever get tired of hitting your head against a wall?
BYU will always loose.
BYU will never reach a BCS game.
BYU will never...
"Ever" is a long time dude. What will your wold come to if BYU does?
It's funny but my mom used to tell me, don't let your mouth write checks reality can't possibly deliver.
I don't know where you live, but its not reality.
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 16, 2011 1:07 p.m.
"A good long snapper is an essential component of a good football team"
a long snapper is typically a walk on... Domain really should be putting his effort in getting some CB's.... although that is probably impossible at the Y.
Alpine Coug Alpine, UTJune 16, 2011 1:07 p.m.
@ Striker
Thanks for the heads-up. Always suspected that Chrissie B and Hedgie were one in the same personna-as they just can not resist any opportunity to talk smack/hate about even the most trivial BYU news. It all makes sense now.
Little by little Coach Mendenhall and his staff are putting together all the integral pieces for a potential run at a national championship and BCS bowls over the next several years.
Go Cougs!
Striker Omaha, NEJune 16, 2011 12:51 p.m.
People don't realize how critical this position is. If this person messes up, it could mean two easy points for the other team, or putting them in perfect scoring position.
By the way, when one person has IE and Firefox open, logged under two different accounts, and posts twice on one article on a team he doesn't like one after another, that shows what a classless and lowlife that person really is. Whoever you are, you must be from Vancouver, because they have no class in that city.
manaen Buena Park, CAJune 16, 2011 12:49 p.m.
Good news -- I remember the pain from 2003's problems.
IDC Boise, IDJune 16, 2011 12:35 p.m.
C'mon trolls. You may need 2 long snappers with all of the action your punter is going to get this next year. The good part about that is the 2nd best play the Utes made against BYU last year was the "muffed punt". Without that, you would have chalked up another loss.
TrollPolice Salt Lake City, UTJune 16, 2011 12:34 p.m.
"A long snapper and four QB's. Domain is doing a great job in putting together a football team."
Smack talk about a deep snapper? The kids on the hill are really feeling insecure these days.
A good long snapper is an essential component of a good football team.
When Wynn struggles and Kyle realizes that he has no serviceable backups, Utah fans will be looking with envy at the plethora of solid backup QBs that Bronco has stockpiled.
Broom Hockey Champ Alpine, UTJune 16, 2011 11:53 a.m.
If we would have had a better long snapper, we would have beat U on your home field with a Feshman QB.
This is a good pick up. Pine View kids are always welcome!
Congrats, Kevin!
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 16, 2011 11:22 a.m.
A long snapper and four QB's. Domain is doing a great job in putting together a football team.
Chris B Salt Lake City, UTJune 16, 2011 11:08 a.m.
Huge pickup cougars!
No doubt you're inching closer and closer to a BCS game.
Not going to happen.
Duckhunter Highland, UTJune 16, 2011 10:50 a.m.
The article is correct, a quality long snapper is important and getting a top one is certainly worth one scholarship. Good job, it shores up a position that is important.
Cougar Claws Lindon, UTJune 16, 2011 10:28 a.m.
Alright long snapper! YEAH! Woooooo!!!!!!


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Public sector union Unison yesterday slammed Health Secretary Lansleys backing for Chancellor Osbornes plan for regional pay.
This comes in evidence from the Department of Health submitted to the NHS Pay Review Body that calls for market facing regional pay for all staff on Agenda for Change.
Unison said in a statement that Agenda for Change was brought in partly to solve the many problems associated with diverse and local pay. And yet here we are, before the system has bedded in properly, with another attempt to go local.
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Christina McAnea, Unison Head of Health, said: For a government that says it wants to cut paperwork, introducing regional pay would be a massively expensive, bureaucratic nightmare, designed to cause huge disruption and conflict.
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It would be but a matter of time before he came for doctors as well.
This policy is absolutely to do with driving down pay and conditions to help the new private companies to snap up NHS contracts on the open market ushered in by the Health Act.
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The BMA and all the health unions have to absolutely answer this attack in kind. At the first attempt to abolish national pay there must be the calling of immediate joint strike action by all the unions.
The lessons of the total sell out by the unions of the imposition of the Health Bill have to learned. There must be no more marking time and collaboration.
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If Suleimani was involved in the alleged plot to kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir then the omens are bad, because he reports directly to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader.


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Taken at Caddo Lake, this Snowy Egret does a balancing act on a water lily while "reflecting" on life. Canon … Read More
This beauty showed himself to me at the Mineola Nature Preserve in Mineola, Texas. He was in the visitor's parking … Read More
Beautiful little bird in the Mineola Nature Preserve. Mineola, Texas Canon 50D, 75-200mm lens
Ruby-throated Hummer takes a sip from a Turk's Cap Flower
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