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HAMILTON – The Stampeders scored early and were able to hold off a late Tiger-Cats rally, as they earned a hard-fought 30-20 win on Saturday afternoon at Ron Joyce Stadium in Hamilton.
With numerous injuries on the offensive side of the ball, including at running back, the Stampeders handed the ball to Hugh Charles in Week 8.
Charles was solid in his Stampeders debut, carrying the ball 14 times for 102 yards. QB Bo Levi Mitchell, meanwhile, completed 19 of his 27 passes for 244 yards, a TD and an interception.
The Ticats were led by the performance of Dan LeFevour who passed for 272 yards and added 42 rushing yards before being forced out of the game with a suspected knee injury. Jeremiah Masoli finished the game behind centre for the Ticats.
To begin the game, the Ticats received the ball and were unable to sustain a meaningful drive with Calgary forcing a punt.
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It didn't take very long for the Calgary offence to find their rhythm.
Following a quick opening-game drive by the Ticats, Mitchell looked to get his new running back Hugh Charles a few touches, hoping to get him involved in the action early on.
Charles, suiting up for his third team this season, registered 25 yards on three carries on the Stamps' first drive of the game, but he wasn't the only player wearing red and black to enjoy success on the ground.
On the tenth play of the drive, with the pocket collapsing, Mitchell found a hole and scampered into the endzone from 14 yards out for the major to open the scoring.
The touchdown capped off a 10-play, 72-yard drive that spanned just under five minutes.
After seeing their opponents put a 10-play drive together, LeFevour and the Ticats offence showed off a little flair and their big play potential on their ensuing possession.
Erik Harris, typically a linebacker, was placed on the line acting as a tight end.
When LeFevour received the ball in a shotgun formation, he rolled out to his right and stopped on a dime and looked to his left side where he found a wide-open Harris, resulting in a 55-yard touchdown pass to tie the game up.
Looking to answer after witnessing the Ticats' big play, Mitchell quickly completed four consecutive passes, setting up a second and four on Hamilton's 12 yard line.
Mitchell then found Jeff Fuller in the end zone with what seemed like a touchdown reception, but the ball came loose and the Stampeders had to settle for a 19-yard field goal by Rene Paredes, giving them a 10-7 lead heading into the second frame.
In the Ticats' first possession of the second quarter, LeFevour was under pressure and tried to connect with receiver Bakari Grant.
However, Stampeders DB Josh Bell tipped the ball and linebacker Keon Raymond picked it off, for his second interception of the season.
After the pick, the Ticats defence was able to bail out the offence and force a Calgary punt.
After another forced punt by the Ticats defence, the offence came out starting deep in their own end. As a result of a penalty on the return, the offence began its drive on the seven-yard line.
LeFevour connected on first down passes to Brandon Banks and Andy Fantuz to get the Ticats in more favoruable field position. After stalling, they set themselves up for a 47-yard field goal try by Justin Medlock, but the kick sailed wide.
Following the missed opportunity by the Ticats, the Stampeders didn't take long to counter.
On the very next play, Mitchell completed a 74-yard pass to receiver Joe West along the sidelines and then hooked up with Fuller for the major one play later to extend the Stampeders' lead to 10.
At the half, the Stampeders took the 17-7 advantage into the locker room.
In the opening half, both quarterbacks were able to record very efficient numbers.
Mitchell passed for 202 yards and a touchdown, while his counterpart LeFevour, passed for 194 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Calgary got first poke with the ball to start the second half.
After second half adjustments it seemed that both defences had the upper hand coming out for the third quarter. Following a Calgary punt it was Hamilton's turn to try and swing momentum in their favour.
The Ticats began to move up-field after a pair of catches for first downs, until Mossis Madu tackled hard and fumbled the ball, allowing Bell to recover for the Stamps.
Recently added to the roster, Hugh Charles became the seventh back used this season by the Stampeders and found success by rushing for over 100 yards in the game.
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Calgary was able to convert the turnover into three points, after Parades kicked a 39-yard field goal to extend their lead to 13.
Hamilton, knowing they needed to respond, was able to do so thanks to a Justin Medlock 52-yard field goal (the longest made this season in the CFL) to cut the lead to 10.
Later in the quarter with three mintues to go, Harris was able to add to his touchdown earlier in the game by intercepting a Mitchell pass, igniting the Ticats.
As the third quarter ended, the score was 20-10 but the Ticats were driving and started the fourth on the Calgary 21 yard line.
To start the fourth, LeFevour found an open Bakari Grant for the 21-yard major, his first score of the season.
As Hamilton started gaining momentum, their defence once again rose to the occasion. On the very next series for Calgary, Hamilton caused them to go for a quick two and out, giving LeFevour another opportunity to tie the game or take the lead.
But it wasn't meant to be for the Ticats. A quick two and out occurred, but on the drive, LeFevour was injured on a second down play and did not return.
On the ensuing punt, Sederrik Cunningham was able to turn it up-field and return it all the way to Hamilton's 35 yard line.
The Ticat offence caused a quick two-and-out, but still allowed a Paredes 38-yard field goal to extend the lead to 23-17.
With Masoli under centre, he led the Ticats on a drive that resulted in another Medlock field goal, this time from 32 yards away to make it a three point game.
With under two minutes to go and Hamilton with the ball, Masoli threw an interception to Jamar Wall putting the game in the hands of Mitchell. The Stamps would eventually put the game on ice thanks to a two-yard touchdown run by backup QB Drew Tate.
Looking ahead to Week 9, Calgary continues it's two-game road trip as they visit Ottawa on Sunday afternoon, while the Tiger-Cats will have time to rest and focus their attention to the Labour Day Classic against their rivals, the Toronto Argonauts.


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Sometimes we can get overloaded with detail. The variety of challenges we often face can put us into information overload. Like right about now.
So keeping things simple is a virtue. The League of Women Voters of Weston invites you to lunch on Friday, May 17, at the Red Barn in Westport. The League's annual meeting will be held there on that morning. But the luncheon that follows will be open to the general public. And the guest this year will be state Sen. John McKinney, fresh from his co-chairmanship of the legislature's bipartisan commission that dealt with the tragedy at Sandy Hook.
Especially in the light of inaction in Washington, D.C., it will be enlightening to hear his comments. How did Connecticut succeed in preventing partisan politics from leading to legislative failure?
This winter the town of Weston went through its own process of refining an existing regulation that had been written in 1993 regarding assault weapons. And it is working to refine its gun regulations, based on public input and the new state of Connecticut language.
Contact the league via its website, lwvweston.org, for further information about the May 17 event.
What is local government up to lately? Since this is Weston, it must have something to do with the environment!
This Saturday, April 27, is "Good Riddance Day" for household hazardous waste. Bring your items, packed safely, to the Department of Public Works on Old Hyde Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. This will be a regional event, with residents from some other towns also invited. But not every town! So bring ID.
Saturday's event comes on the heels of the Westport Weston Health District's report on arsenic in well water. That is a naturally occurring phenomenon, though. Household hazardous waste is not natural. You buy it off the shelf in stores, as cleaning solvents, herbicides, turpentine, and photo chemicals, to cite a few examples. But if it finds its way onto the ground you will end up drinking it!
Any items in your basement, garage, or under the sink that have a skull and crossbones symbol on them, and that you are no longer using, are things to pack up for a trip to DPW on Saturday!
Some things you may find around the garage might be so old that you won't be able to recall what they are! Never fear, there will be a chemist on duty to figure it out for you, and dispose of your items safely.
And in case you weren't aware, the last Saturday in April, which this year falls on that same April 27 date, is "Green Up Day" in Connecticut. The idea of having an annual "Green Up Day" was conceived by the late Westonite Millie Best. Kiwanis organizes Weston's roadside cleanup each year in her name.
Cleaned up and cleared out enough yet? You might still have lots of paper items and documents that are in need of shredding. If you are a Weston resident, on Saturday May 11, from 9 to noon, return to the DPW garage and celebrate "Shredding Day." A professional shredding service will be on hand to do the deed.
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The city of San Jose's housing department recently put together its 2014-15 action plan and made it available to the city council for review and public comment.
There was little discussion and no public comment, and the plan passed unopposed. However, the need for affordable housing remains a critical issue.
Home prices in the South Bay are soaring, and fewer than half of first-time homebuyers can now afford a median-priced home. Lower- and middle-income residents are being forced out of the market.
Unfortunately, San Jose can no longer turn to its redevelopment agency, which had provided much of the funding for low- and moderate-income housing. All of the state's redevelopment agencies were dissolved because of budget concerns. Decreases in federal funding further hamper construction and rehabilitation of existing housing.
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Google announced they have released a mobile app for the new Google My Business.
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Letter: Late doctor remembered
I read with great interest the obituary of Dr. John Stam in the Daily Globe.
On June 13, 1948, I wrote in my diary that a Dr. Stam from the State Board of Health came to our home to check our well water. I had been taking our 3-month-old baby daughter to the local doctor because she was very pale and lethargic. They couldn't find what was wrong. I don't know the process that followed, but Dr. Stam must have been contacted.
The baby was on the bottle, and we used our well water in her formula. Dr. Stam found the water had a dangerous amount of nitrates and that a streak ran through our areas where wells were affected. Some neighbors with a baby boy the same age as our baby had the same problem.
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I am taking another shot at Thom's lack of scope on third party candidates. I never here from Thom the possibility of a third party candidacy which might incorprate a poltically unorthodox constiuency of voters. Perot being probably the best historical example. Maybe there is no one person waiting in the wings, but why not at least mention the concept sometime.
Is it completely unthikable to have a Sanders/Paul ticket or Nader/Paul ticket. Also might it not be possible for such two somes to come up with a presidential platform that would moderate thier differences in a way that could allow the support of voters from both sides of such tickets.
Ten to Twenty years ago there seemed to be some agreement between progressive and libertarian populist. Buchannan seemed to have had quite a following of those who opposed free trade, and an american first economic tilt. I guess parts of that are still around in the tea people, but their anti-government rhetoric makes it difficult for most of us progressives to imagine we might have the same ends in mind. I find it really hard to believe the mega corporation juggernaut can be stopped with market solutions alone, but I would support a discussion on how the seemingly opposite approaches might be merged towards a strategy that could result in commonly agreed upon end.


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Hera Lighting [1] announced that it has created a new Operations and Accounting Assistant position, which will be filled by current Inside Sales — Business Development employee Stephanie Pearce.
"With the recent growth within Hera, we needed to create a position to assist with Operations and Accounting, and Stephanie is the perfect fit," says Ingmar Bertschy, Director of Finance. "Since joining Hera two years ago, Stephanie has proven her keen attention to detail and customer service skills and has been involved in all aspects of the company. We are looking forward to having her transition to the administration department of the office."
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The Development of Mathematical Economics at the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Economists have always used numerical examples to illustrate or confirm various principles. Some of these examples have been generalized and transformed into numerical models used to make substantive qualitative analyses. For example, the >u>Tableau économique>/u> by the physiocrat economist F. Quesnay is a numerical model that explains the origin and distribution of incomes among classes of society according to physiocratic theory. Or recall that the essence of the mechanism of expanded reproduction was explained most clearly by K. Marx through his "Models of Reproduction." The models of reproduction were no longer merely a numerical model but were also a mathematical model in the present sense of the word, since they used letters to denote variables and parameters. Marx used his model to formulate precisely the idea of the value balance, particularly the balance in dynamic form, from which he deduced the preferential growth of the means of production, etc. Marx quite frequently used numerical examples that were of a typical, general character and that encompassed the essence of a phenomenon, i.e., were models of a corresponding process. Recall, for example, his numerical model of the formation of production prices and the average profit norm.
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But the biggest one is battery life. Why in the hell is Android eating up nearly half my battery life with kit Kat?? What have you done to my new Note 3 Google? It's 3 days old! My Note 2 and 1 ran and lasted longer then this!
Yes, i've done the following
1. Cleared partition cache
2. Exchanged phone at store, twice.
3. Tried with and without A-Data SD card
4. Factory reset and rebuilding after Kit Kat update
5. Forcefully stopping Knox and Lookout from running in background
6. Yanked out battery and reinstalled
Don't even get me started on the WiFi issues....


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If you watch the recent Charlie Rose interview with Warren Buffett, or pretty much any recent interview with friend of the blog Warren, he always chimes in about housing. Not next quarter on some specific date, but his general sentiment is that housing will recover. Is this really something worth debating beyond the issues ability to generate hits, clicks and magazine sales? The U.S. is now supplying fewer houses than the long-term demand, and sooner or later this will kick in and new homes are going to be necessary (homes, apartments, trailers, etc.). This seems logical when viewed with a bird's eye perspective, but it's clearly no surprise that this does not seem intuitive if one were to extrapolate the current weakness in the U.S. economy.
Prior to the go-go years when people would be flipping Miami condos a dozen a day, the only thing sexy about the housing industry was shag carpeting. All of the businesses associated with the industry are dull, but I think there is a strong likelihood that there are gems in the rubble. In the past few months, a basket of stocks I would broadly define as housing related has dropped even more than the market (30-40%), so I've begun poking around. This has much more to do with cheapness relative to some vague conception of normalized earnings power than some macro call.
For those who look beyond Berkshire's insurance operations, another major contributor to the company is housing-related industries: Shaw Industries (carpet), Johns Manville (insulation), Acme Brick, MiTek (connectors), Clayton (trailers), and Benjamin Moore (paints). If you look at the 2000-2006 letters, the housing related businesses get mentioned as easy to understand businesses that make attractive returns on tangible capital over an economic cycle. For once, I don't think he is making it sound a lot easier than it really is.
With the exception of Clayton, all of these businesses contribute a small but important part to the final product. Instead of paying Michael Porter to reveal a secret of the business world, I'll just throw it out there for free. When someone produces a product that is a very small but crucial element to an entire system, it creates a competitive advantage. Whether or not the competitive advantage is exploited will reveal itself in the financials. Shaving 30% of your costs off an input that is 1% of your total cost is meaningless to the bottom line if it means your end product is crap. Such a cost differential becomes increasingly irrelevant as the expected life of the product increases. This is probably why stuff like backyard furnace steel is usually not a hit. Nobody wants to drive over a bridge or sleep in a building made with that stuff.
Cheap imports exist for sure, but there is a degree of brand equity and reputation for certain products. Never doubt that there are people always looking to cut corners and eke out a couple basis points more of margin. In at least one instance, the relative cost of a slightly more expensive initial input is vastly overshadowed by the legal costs and damages stemming from issues like Chinese drywall (links, links, links if you don't remember reading about this). The concentration of these issues in Florida might suggest purchases of inferior inputs are linked to more speculative builders and the broader industry is reliant on reputable suppliers, although perhaps it is a self-serving interpretation. One might say that it means domestic producers are facing pressure. Not every input for a building is supplied by someone with a competitive advantage. MiTek, which makes truss connectors, has a competitive advantage because people don't care about relative savings of $200 on a $100,000 building if it means the roof will cave in.
I don't think the above narrative that every housing related company makes a small part of a larger system is correct, but I think it is the right qualitative aspect to seek in the sector. All of the write offs and restructurings over the past five years should have them on solid footing by now in terms of cost structure. A house that is worth $100k or $800k still needs sinks, cabinets, doors, etc., so one isn't betting exclusively on a recovery in home prices, even though that will probably be the evidence that many people point to as housing recovering. Certain industries such as gypsum or concrete may not have obvious competitive advantages that stem from brands, but they can be low-cost producers and be able to survive just a little longer than the other guy. All of these factors should minimize the need to fret over the macro picture, in addition to buying the companies cheap.
To bring this back to what Buffett is talking about with housing, nobody really knows exactly when it recovers. The rocket science is in recognizing people need places to live and there are going to be more people tomorrow than there are today. The calculus is fudged since household formations are being pushed out by poor economic prospects. Perhaps I'm being stubborn in assuming people will not always want to eventually live without their parents or friends. The average in annual housing starts from 1959-2010 was about 1.5 million and recent years have been well below that — about .6 million in 2010. Is there a huge risk in betting on a reversion to the mean in the next five years with a skewed risk/reward scenario due to the prices of the relevant businesses?
So even though incremental demand exceeds incremental supply in theory, the lack of household formations isn't tipping the balance. There's a chicken and egg problem with people talking about how housing will get the economy going again, when the inverse is equally true that getting the economy going again will boost housing. As Sam Zell pointed out in a recent interview, there are actually more single family homes rented than apartments in the U.S. Home ownership rates and house prices are not the only things that matter, since people need places to live. There are many dueling data points. Time is an oft-ignored factor that has an effect on the economy, but nobody talks about it since there is nothing they can do about it — no articles to write when all people should do is wait, no sales commissions to be generated, no political talking points.
I can't calculate any of this with precision, but feel comfortable stating that the housing industry will revert to the mean sometime over the next 5-10 years. If there is a business that trades at 5 times normalized earnings and will survive, you have a double or triple bagger within the next 5-10 years if it eventually trades at 10-15 times normalized earnings, which produces a nothing-to-scoff-at 15-30% annualized return. A bias to avoid is just picking earnings from 2004-2006 and thinking that's "normalized" — housing starts were well above the 1.5 million average then (easily adjustable graph of all the data). Can we just pluck earnings from years when housing starts were 1.5 million, then? No. Plenty of companies have closed down facilities in the past five years, so perhaps differing competitive dynamics will emerge with better positioned suppliers. It's not so simple that tossing around multiples and gathering evidence to support self-serving normalized earnings will generate investment returns.
I don't know what will fix housing and I don't know what will happen. I do think the current macroeconomic rumblings from everyone are myopic and present an opportunity. Well capitalized, cash flow positive, housing related stocks with a demonstrated history of attractive returns over a cycle, and then wait, sounds like something that might work. This is an edge for long-term value investors since it requires patience and a temporarily contrarian perspective.
If you watch the recent Charlie Rose interview with Warren Buffett, or pretty much any recent interview with friend of the blog Warren, he always chimes in about housing. Not next quarter on some specific date, but his general sentiment is that housing will recover. Is this really something worth debating beyond the issues ability to generate hits, clicks and magazine sales? The U.S. is now supplying fewer houses than the long-term demand, and sooner or later this will kick in and new homes are going to be necessary (homes, apartments, trailers, etc.). This seems logical when viewed with a bird's eye perspective, but it's clearly no surprise that this does not seem intuitive if one were to extrapolate the current weakness in the U.S. economy.


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As word trickles in to the Fishbowl Prom War Room, we'll be posting guest lists and news as we get it.
One emailer this morning pointed out the shame of this whole exercise: "Catty, I know, but it's what we do." We couldn't agree more. Three notes so far today:
- Reuters is planning a pre-party cocktail hour, but the word on the street is that the event might be targeted by the wire service's aggressive and grievance-filled union for some sort of action: "Reuters could have some problems on their hands if its workers, tired of getting screwed by their parent company, choose to do some lobbying at the high profile event," our source says.
- Reader's Digest ran into some problems getting prom tickets of its own (did they really forget to put in a request at all???), and so its two-person D.C. bureau was left to scrounge up some extra tickets from other news agencies. Ditto on the guest list when a round of Hollywood invites returned resounding silence. We hear that their marquee guest, far from a social elite, is Safia Taleb al-Suhail, the Iraqi woman with the purple-dipped finger made famous by President Bush at the State of the Union.
- ABC's guest list–including the previously announced James Dobson, Al Franken, and Steven Colbert–will feature both of the Super Bowl quarterbacks: the Eagles' Donovan McNabb and the Patriots' Tom Brady, who had been rumored to be in talks with CNN for an invite. Also joining Team Disney for the night will be Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, a Howard University grad and Air Force vet.
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William Drakewrote a review of Louis Garneau Glacier RD Shoes on November 16, 2012
Nice shoe for the winter.
I have tried shoe covers until I am blue in the toes. This Glacier is not as useful alone, as it is with adjustments. I purchased a pair of felt/wool inserts and trimmed them to fit in the bottom of the boot. It does take some work the first 3 or 4 times putting these boots on until learning the best way of getting your foot into the snug surroundings. I also found a couple of velcro strips to place onto the velco closures on the boot, so the velcro does not pull on any part of the shoe as I am removing the shoe. I would recommend these for riding in the winter with -temps down to 25 degrees-with the felt inserts. One may have to buy just a size larger to have room for whatever other thickness of wool socks or items inside the boot.


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In case you missed the news from the earlier news-bit Overhaul Games has finally released the next patch they promised will fix the game for everyone.
Here is the forum annoucement with all the changes, and if your game is on Steam the update should be avaiable by Monday.
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The Isis jihadist group appears to have released a new set of images showing a rare public appearance by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The self-proclaimed "caliph" was last captured on camera in July 2014, when he gave a speech to followers at a mosque in Mosul.
It is impossible to verify the new images, but Isis supporters on social media claim they show Al-Baghdadi speaking to children at a mosque in Fallujah, Iraq.
The risk to the Isis leader's life is such that he no longer addresses large gatherings. The US has placed a $10 million bounty on his head, making him one of the most wanted terrorists in the world.
If they do show Al-Baghdadi, the new images do not teach us much we didn't already know about the reclusive militant chief.
Some Isis followers have suggested that a man shown in the far-right on one of the images is the leader's "double" – a logical safety measure given the number of Isis convoys that have been targeted by international air strikes.


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Huawei unveils Honor and Vision in Singapore
Huawei has introduced their new Android smartphones in Singapore – Huawei Honor and Huawei Vision. Both phones are running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and are available this month.
The Huawei Vision claims to be the company's most stylish smartphone yet, and features 3D user interface and carousel animation display. It has an aluminium alloy uni-body in silver and crystal sculptural curve lens, and a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen. The Vision measures 9.9mm at the thinnest point and weighs a mere 135g. Powered by 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the phone runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, features 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and supports 720p video recording. The Huawei Vision also comes pre-installed with Shazam and "Order & Chaos" 3D online game. It is available from selected carriers and retail stores at S$438 (w/GST) without contract.
The sleek and slim Huawei Honor is equipped with 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 8-megapixel HDR-enabled camera for capturing good quality images and videos. The smartphone run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features 4-inch full Wide VGA capacitive touchscreen. Powered by a 1,900mAh battery, the Huawei Honor offers up to three days of normal usage on a single charge. The Huawei Honor is also DLNA-certified, which means it can interoperate with other DLNA-certified devices including game consoles, TVs and digital cameras. Owners of Huawei Honor will also have access to Huawei CloudDrive (free 16GB) which allows users to share their files seamlessly; the CloudDrive will be available by end Q1 next year.
The Huawei Honor will retail on 16 December at S$528 (w/GST) at selected carriers and retail stores. According to the company, the Honor is upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich next year. Unfortunately, no specific dates have been announced yet.


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Discussion in 'NFL Draft Forum' started by FinAtic8480, Mar 18, 2009.
God i hope we dont sign this girly-man WR
Say what you want to, Percy Harvin is being looked at by the trifecta, and he's no more of a smokescreen than Clay Matthews or any other player.
That should tell you ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW, lol
No way we draft him if hes available (which he wont) but if hes there at 25 I would listen to offers for that pick because you know teams will be calling...
Good Point...He would be the one to trade up for if hes there...and maybe we can get another 2nd and a third!! NICE.
I am so glad he had a great pro day!! It increases our chances of Hakeem Nicks falling into our laps!:
I want nothing to do with Percy Harvin. Much like Ohio State LB's, and Penn State RB's, Florida WR's have pretty much been mediocre or have sucked completely in the NFL.
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receivers coach Todd Monken can attest to Harvin's claim.
"If you give it to him in space, he's going to score," Monken said. "He's got a chance to change the game.
Harvin also said a lot of people are comparing him to or thinking of using him like a Wes Welker (90+ receptions a season)!
With this in mind, and seeing the great contributions that Welker has made in New England, Would you draft him to replace Bess as the starter and add depth to the slot WR position? They both could be used in the 4 WR set to give the defense fits.
He might be more beneficial to the Dolphins passing game than a speedy OUTSIDE WR with Pennington's arm what it is and his accuracy in the short passing game.
Bingo. He has major, major quicks and could team up with Pennington on slants, drags, etc. He makes defenders miss, big time. He's a different animal from Ginn, people just don't want to see it.
In those pictures, his right leg seems underdeveloped or atrophied!!
Ugliest looking knee on an athlete I've ever seen without surgery scars!!
are you Harvin's agent?
Those pictures means nothing. everyone posts them. it doesnt prove he isnt soft. Benching 405 says you are a good bench presser, not that you are tough or durable, which he isnt. Bess is prolly a better pro than Harvin, at least Bess can go over the middle and not get hurt. Harvin is a waste. Go put those pics back on your nightstand so you have something to do tonight.
I must apologize.. you were right about Harvin. The kid is super nasty. His hands impressed me big time today!
Harvin isn't soft in the least. Far from it, actually. Unless you think playing in the championship game on a hairline fracture and running all over Oklahoma makes you soft.
Harvin is special. I don't care if he went to Florida or not.
WOW!! this dude is mos def a canes fan! haha oh well hate on Harvin all you want, you obviously dont know the type of player he is, he played all of this and last year with ANKLE PROBLEMS!!! you dont get better when you play through your injuries, so if thats your reasoing on why he is soft well then i dunno what to tell u man, u need a wr with the body of julius peppers, speed of about 4.12 and hands like Fitzgerald.
if most of the people really saw Harvin play, they would be dying for him to get drafted to this team. if these are the same people claiming Ginn is gonna pan out, and Ginn just needs time blah blah....GINN NEEDS Testies!!!! Ginn is not 1/4 the player Harvin will be come game1. this guy is gonna be lighting it up for yrs to come. he is special!
yeah but how many WR's are considered tough? I mean, for crying out loud, the guy out there for the Bills is probly tougher than most and he cries about his QB! I'm no Harvin lover, but a little perspective please.
I also can't understand where the Harvin-haters are coming from.
This guy has ridiculous speed and makes Ted Ginn look like he is running with hiking boots on. Harvin averages close to a 1st down every time he touches the ball....not just from the receiving position. I think Harvin would be a perfect fit as he can be used out of the Wildcat and utilized for quick 5 to 10 yard slants like Wes Welker.....everytime he touches the ball he can break it for a TD. I think if Harvin is there at #25 I have no problems taking him. If he is gone, I would take Darius Butler, CB, UConn, or Clay Matthews, LB, USC.
Yo Skippy.....why you hating on Harvin? Did you ever actually watch a Gator's football game?
i hate saying this in every harvin thread. you don't rush for 10 plus yards in the SEC by being soft. yes, he has some injury issues - ankles mainly. but there is nothing about this guy that is soft. would you say bo jackson was soft b/c of his injuries? not a chance. he plays hard and after the ball is in his hands its all over.
but we have two guys in bess and ginn who are relatively similar so i will pass on him. if it weren't for them i'd want him on this team bad.
The Harvin-Hate is rooted in the fact that the guy will never play a full season in the NFL and that he has no natural position in the NFL. He'd be a change of pace back or #2 receiver at best. He can't be a Wes Welker kind of guy for us because we don't have Randy Moss drawing safety attention every play, so the idea that Harvin can come in and be a +90 catch a year guy is absurd. We already have our Wes Welker; his name's Davone Bess.
He averages a first down per touch because the Gator offense is based around misdirection. If you don't know that the fastest guy on the field has the ball, it goes without saying that you may have a tough time keeping this fast guy from getting big yards. So in the role of the motion man in our typical wildcat play, Harvin could very easily do well.
I understand the guys is versatility, but what I want in the first round is a guy who can be a starter. I'd prefer getting a guy just for his versatility in the later rounds.
dam he is ripped still not a big fan of harvin though dont like that he is a reggie bush type player way overrated


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United States' Missy Franklin smiles after winning the gold in the women's 200-meter backstroke final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
From left, Russia's Anastasia Zueva, silver, United States' Missy Franklin, gold, United States' Elizabeth Beisel, bronze, pose with their medals on the podium after theue win in the women's 200-meter backstroke at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Missy Franklin dominated the final of the 200 meter backstroke at the Olympics on Friday, setting a world record and claiming her third gold medal of the Games.
Franklin, a 17-year-old who attends Aurora's Regis Jesuit High School, led from start to finish at the Aquatic Centre in London, dominating the last 100 meters of the race to finish in a time of 2 minutes, 4.06 seconds. Her time was 0.75 of a second quicker than the previous record, which was set by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry at the 2009 world championships. Coventry set the mark swimming in a bodysuit that is now banned.
Elizabeth Beisel, Franklin's American teammate, took the bronze after touching the wall behind runner-up Anastasia Zueva of Russia.
"I can't believe what just happened," Franklin, who had dedicated her Olympics to victims of the theater shooting not far from her Colorado home, told the press afterwards. "In that last 25, I knew I was giving it everything I had because I couldn't feel my arms and legs and I was just trying to get my hand to the wall as fast I could."
Coventry, who finished sixth in the final in 2:08.18, congratulated Franklin over Twitter shortly after: "Congrats (at) franklinmissy that was some Great swimming. It was an awesome group of woman in the final, so glad to have been a part of it."
It was the second individual world record for Franklin, who set the 200 backstroke short course mark at a FINA World Cup event in October of 2011 in Berlin, Germany. In December, she was part of an American 4×100 medley relay team that set a world record in the 2011 Duel in the Pool in Atlanta.
Franklin has four medals in her first Olympics thus far, three golds (100 and 200 backstrokes, 4×200 freestyle relay) and a bronze (4×100 freestyle relay). She has one event remaining, the women's 4×100 medley relay, on Saturday.
"Still haven't stopped smiling," Franklin put on Twitter. "This journey has been so amazing. One more race, the 4×100 medley tomorrow night! So proud of my team!"
Michael Phelps joined Franklin with three gold medals in the London Olympics when he won the next race, the men's 100 butterfly.
The Americans then got a gold medal from another teenager, 15-year-old Katie Ledecky — the youngest member of the U.S. team — who nearly broke the world record to win gold in the 800 freestyle. She denied Britain's Rebecca Adlington a repeat before her home fans. Adlington settled for bronze in a race Ledecky dominated from start to finish.
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WOMEN'S 200 METER Backstroke
Final: 1. Missy Franklin, United States, 2 minutes, 04.06 seconds (world record); 2. Anastasia Zueva, Russia, 2:05.92; 3. Elizabeth Beisel, United States, 2:06.55; 4. Elizabeth Simmonds, Britain, 2:07.26; 5. Meagen Nay, Australia, 2:07.43; 6. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:08.18; 7. Alexianne Castel, France, 2:08.43; 8. Sinead Russell, Canada, 2:09.86.
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The Cost Of Mining Gold [INFOGRAPHIC]
Published 4:14 am, Sunday, June 30, 2013
The market price of gold has been tumbling. And logic and economics dictate that if the price of gold falls below the cost of mining gold, then miners will stop mining for gold.
If miners stop mining and buyers keep buying, then supplies will be strained and prices should rise. This is the thesis of the remaining gold bulls.
However, the cost of mining gold varies greatly from mine to mine. And as such it is difficult to determine at what price gold needs to fall so that supply-demand dynamics become strained.
For tose looking for more info about this, our friends at Visual Capitalist put together this infographic on the cost of mining gold.
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On the corner of Northeast 167th Street and 6th Avenue is a shocking sight: regular gas at $4.85 a gallon. Customers Duvalier Arceneaux and Joey Garzi talked about the impact to their wallet. Jesse Sanchez said he left without filling up when he saw the price. Gas prices vary a great deal in the area, but Ricki Goodman said she wouldn't drive for miles looking for a better deal.
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KELOWNA – The Doty sisters say the inspiration for founding the B.C. Halo Project came from the love of making blanket forts at their grandma and papa's house.
Hanna and Lauren Doty, who are in grade four and grade one respectively, have created the non-profit foundation as part of their effort to collect used and new blankets which will be donated to homeless shelters in Kelowna, according to their website.
"Our mission is to payback and pay it forward for all the blessing in our lives," the sisters state. "Giving a blanket to keep the less fortunate warm who do not have a warm bed to sleep in is a small token."
Hanna and Lauren are inviting the community to join them at the City Furniture store on Bering Road in West Kelowna on Saturday, June 20 to build a huge fort out of the donated blankets.
Ten local businesses have agreed to be drop off depots and collect the donated blankets:
- The Juice 103.9 FM
- City Furniture & Appliances
- Sammy J's Grill and Bar
- World Gym
- Blenz Westbank Centre
- Flaman Fitness
- Wine Central
- All Out Fitness
- S.W.I.T.C.H Consignments
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The 39-year-old McLean man who jumped in front of a packed train at Clarendon station on the Orange Line a week ago remained alive Monday, hospitalized in intensive care with critical injuries including head trauma and broken bones.
He is one of 24 people who have been hit by Metro trains in suicide attempts since January 2009, according to agency figures. At least three others have jumped to their deaths from Metro parking garages in the past two years.
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Metro, which has become a target for people who want to end their lives, has started training workers on how to intervene before suicidal riders get to the tracks. It also plans an outreach campaign to help distressed riders. But it has been slow to begin such efforts, despite promising to reach out two years ago and setting aside $250,000 for the work.
In September 2009, after two teens killed themselves days apart, Metro said it planned to partner with a regional coalition of suicide prevention groups to stop a spike in deaths first reported by The Washington Examiner. Yet it changed plans and missed various deadlines.
In September 2010, the board of directors approved $250,000 to be spent on prevention efforts, approving a one-year program with two one-year options.
This summer, nearly two years after the initial pledge, the agency began training workers. Metro has trained about 160 station managers and train operators out of about 960 workers in those positions, said spokesman Dan Stessel.
It also plans to post suicide hotline numbers in rail stations next year, he said.
The training teaches workers to pay attention to riders pacing back and forth, looking nervous or sweating, walking close to the edge or checking out the station, then coming back again.
Metro is trying to accelerate the training to get more of the frontline workers through the two-hour session, Stessel said. It also hopes to include the prevention training in the re-certification classes that rail workers take every two years.
"If someone is determined to do harm to themselves, there's nothing you can do to stop them," he added. "That said, we hope the training will lead to intervention."
Some train operators and station managers have been able to save riders' lives. One station manager stopped a man on Christmas Eve in 2008, convincing him to climb back onto the platform from the tracks.
The suicide attempts -- and deaths -- have untold costs for Metro, its riders and its workers. In the short term, the attempts delay thousands of commuters as happened last Tuesday when rail service was shut down on the Orange Line at rush hour. But they also frequently traumatize the train operators whose trains hit the riders, plus the medical workers and clean-up crews, with some needing counseling and medical leave.


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Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Josh Pence, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Jesse Plemons, Peter MacNicol, Tadanobu Asano
Directed by: Peter Berg
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper's fiance; Alexander Skarsgard as Hopper's older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper's crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone's superior (and Sam's father), Admiral Shane.
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For the pastry:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter
1/4 cup whipping cream
For the filling:
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups (1 bag) fresh cranberries
For the pastry: Set the oven to 425 degrees. On a large work surface, blend the flour, salt, and sugar together with your fingers. Using the flat of your hand, form the dry ingredients into a ring 14 inches wide. The center of the ring should be empty. Cut the butter into 1/2-inch slices and put them in the center. Press the butter into the work surface with the heel of your hand. Notice how brittle, cold, and firm the butter is. Continue to work it until it is free of lumps. As you work the butter, it will become smooth but stay cool. Use both hands to push the flour mixture into the butter in the center of the ring. Once you have closed the ring and covered the butter, use your fingertips to gently pinch the flour mixture into the butter, each time lifting your hands a few inches and dropping the ingredients they hold. This keeps the mixture cool and light in texture.
Continue blending the butter and dry ingredients until they form a coarse meal. Form a well in the mixture. Add the cream and gently blend with your hands until the dough comes together. Press the mixture into the work surface but with a gentler action and with short straight-down motions rather than the long, deep strokes used for making bread.
Roll into an 11-inch circle. Fold in half and unfold over a 9-inch tart pan. Center the dough in the pan. Lift the edges so the dough falls into the bottom of the pan. Press the dough into the sides and trim the edge against the rim of the pan. Refrigerate as you prepare the filling.
For the filling: Cut the butter into 1-inch cubes and place it in a mixing bowl with the flour, baking powder, and 1 cup of sugar. Mix with the paddle attachment at medium speed or by hand until it forms large clumps, which crumble when pinched. If you pinch into butter that's still solid, keep mixing. Set aside. Combine the remaining sugar with the salt and toss it with the cranberries to coat them. Spoon the cranberries into the tart shell, mounding them slightly in the center. Spoon the crumb mixture on top. Bake in the center of the lower rack until the top is golden brown and the fruit bubbles a little around the edges, about 35 minutes.
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BERLIN, N.H.—Knock, knock. Who's there? It's Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor, on the second day of an old-fashioned bus tour through New Hampshire's North Country, spent more than an hour knocking on doors here, hoping to win over a few undecided voters before the state's Jan. 10 primary.
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The effort indulged New Hampshire voters with the kind of individual attention they demand. Romney said Thursday's activities represented his favorite part of the presidential campaign.
"I always like the retail part of politics the best. The most enjoyable part of this process is meeting people and hearing people's personal circumstances. This is low-key and fun," Romney told reporters outside Agway in Lancaster, N.H. "You know, fundraising is a big part of a campaign, but you don't get to meet the people who will be carrying the signs and bringing their friends to the polls."
Romney's five stops here Thursday ahead of a town hall meeting in North Conway all made handshaking and personal introductions a priority.
He rarely talked politics, and made few mentions of policy. At the Littleton Elks Lodge, in Bethlehem, N.H., he took questions from voters but delved into few specifics.
Instead, he spent time introducing himself, signing autographs, posing for photos and selling supporters on Mitt the man. He talked cars with gas station patrons and joked with his wife, Ann, as they shopped.
In doing so, Romney reached into his own wallet to support several local businesses.
He spent $70 toward filling up his campaign bus at the full-service gas station in Randolph and did some last-minute Christmas shopping.
"For the first — I don't know — 10 years of our marriage, I'd buy her clothing all the time. And she would say, 'Oh, this is so nice.' And then it was gone a week later," he said. "And so, I've tried to wise up a little bit. I don't buy her clothes anymore."
"Jewelry," Ann Romney interjected.
"She likes jewelry," he said.
Ann Romney picked out a white North Face coat that cost $285, which her husband bought.


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One wonders if the weight of the India-Pakistan baggage ever touches the interlocutors when they meet, as in Thimphu. Both India and Pakistan remain embroiled in a confrontational engagement, even as the world around marches along, benefiting from an era of prolonged global peace. What bedevils world peace, other than Indo-Pak, in the new century is the non-state player and the archaic Israel-Palestine conflict. While the Palestine situation remains in a state of controlled peace, thankfully, the fight against the non-state actor may have some distance to go.
There are significant changes in the conflict dynamics of both India and Pakistan that must push both to review their stance towards each other. The centrality that drives the mindset on both sides is the enemy status that each side maintains of the other. Just as the Pakistani military remains India-centric, the Indian military, too, retains Pakistan as the prime threat. Any improvement of relations between the two must, therefore, begin and finish with eliminating all intervening factors that make these two nations inimical. That is a tall order; and that is why improvement will come only in increments. That is why it is necessary to plod on, bit by bit, if improvement is indeed intended. Thimphu, both one and two, have only been jittered starts, at best.
Begin with terrorism, and accept the fact that Pakistan may not have been too ingenious in employing some of its manifestations in pursuit of shaping an environment that links up Kashmir. Many Indians are quick to also point at Kargil and Mumbai. They are right on Kargil, but preconception denies them the reason to recognise that the heinous hand in Mumbai was meant to derail Pakistan from the war against terror. It will need an equally smart Indian to accept that Pakistan alone does not hold propriety over non-state actors. Sri Lanka continues to smarten from a thirty-year LTTE-imposed war, while the Samjhota blast is yet to unfurl all hidden facets of Indian culpability. Neither manipulator of the irregular war has benefited from such enactments. Conclusion: Give it up as a bad joke — it can also deliver dastardly consequences.
Kashmir, from 1989 onwards, was an attempt to bring it to the world focus as the root cause of why India and Pakistan were still struggling in their relationship. It failed as a ploy; that is why someone needed to do Kargil, which was farcical. That, however, does not change the status of Kashmir. Minus Pakistan, Kashmir, even today, remains a living nightmare for India. It received a none-too-helpful buoyancy post-Mumbai, for entrenched positions re-emerged as India has tried to expropriate maximum political benefit of a toxic situation. It is time to get back to the drawing boards and give peace a chance. The Thimphu spirit just might be it.
Quite clearly, a lot has happened via the backchannel and the composite dialogue. Queer issues of ownership or nomenclature must not be allowed to detract from the gains made. If India wishes for the backchannel to revive, Pakistan must concur. That remains the only sensible thing to do. Plus, Kashmir is no more a Pakistan-India territorial issue, it has a very large human aspect to it, with tens of thousands Kashmiri lives lost. India wishes to link the issue of Siachen to Kashmir, extending the quixotic circus.
Before Thimphu, the Indian foreign secretary suggested progress on people-to-people contact, Sir Creek and opportunities of trade. I would say, take it.
Talks are good. Sustain those by making them "uninterrupted and uninterruptible", in the words of Mani Shankar Iyer. Listen to the wise man.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2011.


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With no large storm systems on the horizon, an inaugural 2011 'The Jay at Mavericks Big Wave Invitational' is beginning to look unlikely. "Everyone wants the contest to happen, but the waves aren't cooperating," said Frank Quirarte, water operations director for the group organizing a potential contest.
Quirarte pointed out the Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 contest window still has about a month left. Extending the window into March is not an option since San Mateo County Harbor Commission, which granted the contest organizers a permit to use harbor facilities, has plans for upcoming construction.
The contest's official surf forecaster, Mark Sponsler, said he's watching optimistically but "not holding (his) breath." This year's contest is looking less likely, in part because the ocean is entering an inactive phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, a roughly 30-day circulation pattern that goes from active – producing lots of waves – to inactive. On Feb. 1 the inactive phase kicked in.
Sponsler noted it's highly experimental to do a forecast 30 days in advance, but still, "historically, the odds are not in our favor," he said.
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Giants linebacker/defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka said Monday that he wasn't bothered by everyone paying attention to David Wilson and the offense in the wake of Sunday's 52-27 victory over the Saints.
"You put up 52, you got to tip your hat to our offense," Kiwanuka said. "We'll take the back seat to them. They put up a significant number of points."
Indeed they did, but that's not the only reason why the Giants defense is taking the back seat these days. The other, bigger reason is that the defense hasn't played particularly well.
That doesn't mean they've been awful. One look at the Saints defense is all you need to know that the Giants share few similarities with that pathetic unit.
They don't share many similarities with the defense we saw at the close of last season either and that certainly merits some concern as the team prepares for three games they'd be better off winning if they want to assure themselves of a spot in the playoffs.
New Orleans ran all over the Giants in the first half of Sunday's game against the Giants, piling up more than 100 yards against a unit that claimed their inability to stop the run against Washington was due to the Redskins running an option attack much of the time. We've seen them struggle to stop enough running backs in enough offensive systems at this point in the season to know that the real reason is that the Giants can't stop the run consistently.
The Saints also hit a few big passing plays, they had five plays of 20 or more yards over the course of the game, and that's been another season-long theme. Corey Webster's been burnt more often than a wick and Kenny Phillips' absences have clearly taken a toll on the team's pass defense even though Stevie Brown's gaudy turnover totals have gotten more attention from the masses.
Over the course of the season, the Giants have given up more plays of 20 or more yards than all but five teams in the league. The secondary bears some blame for this, but so does the pass rush.
The narrative is still that the Giants have the most fearsome pass rush in all the land. Cris Collinsworth nearly leaped out of the booth when the Giants finally sacked Drew Brees in the second half because he finally had a chance to further that narrative.
Truthfully, though, Jason Pierre-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora have been fairly ineffective on that front this season. The mistakes made by the Saints on Sunday were not products of Brees being under pressure, there was an interception off a tipped ball and fumbles that found their way into Giants hands.
Forcing turnovers has been the one thing the Giants have done really well this year, but there's no team more aware of how unsustainable such things are over the long term. Remember when Eli Manning threw interceptions by the bucketful in 2010?
Those balls clanged off receivers' hands and into the hands of defenders when now they are dropped in the end zone by New Orleans defensive backs. Fumbles work the same way, something the Giants surely know after the 49ers were felled by them in the NFC Championship Game while Ahmad Bradshaw's Super Bowl miscue wound up back in friendly hands.
It will take more than that for the Giants defense to hold up for the kind of run they'll need to meet expectations this season. And now's exactly the moment to start that run.
Josh Alper is also a writer for Pro Football Talk. You can follow him on Twitter.


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http://www.violinonline.com/ offers free sheet music and a music store, exercises online, and basics on playing violin.
http://www.soundjunction.org/allabouttheviolin.aspa?NodeID=1 gives overview information and is the site for composing original creations and recording them with their software tools.
http://plus.maths.org/issue31/features/woodhouse/index.html explores the math and science behind playing the violin.
http://www.violinwizard.com/ gives a history of the violin and includes pages on music, buying a violin, playing, and tuning.
http://www.allviolin.com/ contains an in-depth history of the violin, famous violinists, historic makers, bibliography of violin terms, and links on the various styles of music played on the violin.
http://www.violinist.com/ maintains a violinist blog with great helps for beginners to proficient players, news on modern classical music for violins, reviews of violins and luthiers around the globe, festivals, and weekly contests.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/instrument/Violin.html gives an overview and history of the violin and features downloadable music for the instrument.
http://www.theviolinsite.com/violin_making/index.html shows how to make a violin, famous luthiers, and types of violins. Links are included for a directory of violin makers, teachers, violin pedagogy, a practice system, and sheet music.
http://www.centrum.is/hansi/construction/ gives step-by-step construction of a violin and includes pages on sound and care and maintenance.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27178/en/section/3/1.html gives a list of famous violin composers and pages include the history, manufacture, and playing the violin.
http://africlassical.blogspot.com/2008/06/violin-concerto-of-afro-cuban-composer.html gives biographical information of African-Cuban and African-American violin composers. Another site for African-American violin composers is http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Dede.html.
http://www.leonarda.com/le339.html is a site listing African-American women composers. They are listed by instrument, so violinists are easily found.
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/4177/Cook-Will-Marion-1869-1944.html gives the history of a great African-American violinist who passed his torch to Duke Ellington.
http://www.catgutacoustical.org/research/articles/modetune/ is a research article on pitch and intonation of stringed instruments.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002554 is a research article on the science behind the wood density of the older and modern violins.
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/696 includes an award-winning research article on the secrets of the Stradivarius sound.
http://www.rps.psu.edu/jan98/violin.html depicts the famous machine made by Lily Wang and how she structured it after the strings and violin.
http://violinmasterclass.com/mc_kids.php is a great site for introducing kids to playing violin. Site also includes classes for adults.
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http://www.onlineviolinvideolessons.com/ offers violin instruction on DVD and has many lessons on the website.
http://www.student-violins.com/article-2-free-online-violin-lessons.html is a site for beginning students of violin and offers sizing tips, buying suggestions, and free online lessons.
http://www.theviolinsite.com/studio/index.html is an online directory of violin teachers online listed by state.
http://www.theviolinsite.com/journal.html is an online video presentation of violin lessons.
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For the next two weekends in June, the Toronto Humane Society will be offering up its old cats free of charge.
The society's "Free over Three" promotion waives the adoption fee for cats over the age of three. Normally, cat adoptions cost around $100 (half price for cats over the age of seven).
The promotion is part of the humane society's June "adopt-a-thon."
Similar June promotions are taking place across Canada and the United States as shelters attempt to clear out their stock of old cats in preparation for "kitten season." "Not many people can resist the sweetness of a cuddly little kitten—but the graceful, affectionate charms of an older cat should not be overlooked," reads a release on the ASPCA website.
Unlike humans, cats have seasonal reproductive systems and can only give birth during warm weather. As a result, shelters typically experience a deluge of orphaned kittens around May and June.
Kittens are typically snapped up for adoption quite quickly at animal shelters. Less popular varieties such as old cats, sick cats and black cats are usually in for a much longer wait before finding a home.