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Topic: Getting to the free-throw line (or not)
Why it matters: Not only do free throws generate points for the player and team, they also have a major impact on the game. First, getting an individual player in foul trouble can change a game—obviously, Sylvia Fowles sitting behind Pokey Chatman with three first-half fouls is a lot less dangerous to the opposition than having her on the court scoring, rebounding and blocking shots. Equally important, though, is the team-foul count: Every foul drawn gets a WNBA team that much closer to shooting free throws on common fouls, and since most teams shoot around 75 percent, getting into bonus earlier rather than later can generate 5-10 points a game.
Who does it best: Angel McCoughtry may pout a lot, but she also gets to the line. In 510 minutes, she's attempted 149 free throws, which means for every 3.4 minutes she's on the court, she takes a free throw. Again, not only are those points for her, they also impact the game in other ways.
The list:
1. Angel McCoughtry – 3.4 (one foul shot for every 3.4 minutes of playing time)
2. Liz Cambage – 4.0
3. Nakia Sanford – 4.2
So two post players who may not light up the scoreboard are, if nothing else, playing tough. And it makes sense that post players should get fouled more, which makes McCoughtry's outlier of a number even more impressive.
4. Diana Taurasi – 4.4
5. Renee Montgomery – 5.7
A pair of UConn guards, one expected and one a surprise. Who would have thought Renee Montgomery plays more physically than Lindsay Whalen?
6. Sylvia Fowles – 5.8
7. Sophia Young – 6.1
8. Danielle Adams – 6.2
The one-two combo of Adams and Young help the Silverstars get to the line, where they shoot 78.2 percent.
9. Swin Cash – 6.8
10. Courtney Paris – 6.8
Four of the top 10 are post players, three are forwards (Cash, Adams and Young), two are wings (Taurasi and McCoughtry) and one is a point guard (Montgomery).
Who does it worst: These players are hidden killers on a team. Their numbers may OK, but they are deadly to an offense because they don't penetrate, or if they do, they shy away from contact. Small guards can be somewhat excused, but when post players like Alison Bales and Ruth Riley never get to the line, there's a problem.
1. Leilani Mitchell – 69.3 (one free-throw attempt every 69.3 minutes
This number is pretty much off the charts, even though Mitchell is small. Shannon Bobbitt's small too, but she finds a way to shoot some free throws (one every 14.9 minutes). An incredible number, really…
2. Ashley Robinson – 45.5
In its own way, this is equally stunning. Robinson has attempted eight free throws in 364 minutes, and it's not like she's shooting elbow jumpers. She must be working to avoid contact to have shot this few free throws in this many minutes.
3. Roneeka Hodges – 35.8
4. Cathrine Kraayeveld – 35.3
Three-point specialists get somewhat of a pass on this, but Kraayveld is 6-4—shouldn't she be close to the rim now and again?
5. Nicole Powell – 32.9
Powell has been accused of being soft, but this year is the first she's really living up to that reputation. Just two years ago, she got to the line every 10.9 minutes, and her career average is 15.4, but this year she is simply not drawing contact. With her and Mitchell both starting, and Kia Vaughn (39 attempts in 627 minutes), the Liberty have a serious offensive weakness that no one ever talks about.
6. Noelle Quinn – 32.4
7. Jennifer Lacy – 31.3
Quinn's another shooter, but Lacy is supposedly a post player. (And by the way, guard Natasha Lacy gets to the line once every 7.1 minutes – logically, those two numbers should be reversed.)
8. Temeka Johnson – 28.7
9. Jeanette Pohlen – 27.6
Johnson is small, but as long as Mitchell's in the conversation, she doesn't look that bad. Pohlen, though, should take this as a message: If she wants to be a starter, she needs to get to the line more than once a game.
10. Alison Bales – 27.1
Hard to believe, really, but again, with Ashley Robinson on the list, she's got some cover. Other posts who get to line once every 20 minutes or more include Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (25.8) and Riley (21.7).
One of the surprises early into the WNBA season is the play of the Washington Mystics. After a season-ending injury before the season began to team star Alana Beard, many wrote off the squad. Yet, the team wanted to make a statement early on to the doubters, essentially saying, "Don't count us out." With a record of 3-0 out of the gate, the Mystics statement rang throughout the WNBA very loudly.
"We want to steal as many games as we can on the road," said new Mystic Katie Smith. "Obviously, Indiana is the measuring stick for the East with what they did last year and their whole squad is back. It's early, but as I said, we'll take whatever we can. For us, it's about getting wins and trying to get better every night."
Team general manager Angela Taylor loves her team. She is working to build a team that will compete for a WNBA championship and appreciates how her team is beginning the 2010 season. Before their home win against New York, the Mystics went on the road into two hostile arenas and came away with wins.
"We always think of the WNBA season as a sprint, so you do really need to get off to a good start and sustain it in order to challenge and compete for one of four spots in the playoffs," said Taylor. "It was important for us to get off to a good start and we have some new pieces on our roster. We had a great training camp, so to go on the road and win against two really good teams is nice. Home openers for our opponents too. Indiana was hanging their banner and talking about all the wonderful things last year and then come to Minnesota. It's Lindsey Whalen's first home game in Minnesota with a great crowd on hand and get another victory. It's nice, but we also need to continue to improve."
Even with their early season success, the Mystics would much prefer to have the injured Alana Beard on the court with them. After all, Beard is a career 16.2 point per game scorer, but her greatest asset may be on the defensive end of the court. She is ferocious on defense, making life difficult for the opposing team and her offense does not allow them to let up on the other end of the court. Undoubtedly, it would be wonderful to have her on the floor, but the team has enough talent without her to compete.
"Obviously, you wish she was out there because she adds so much to the team offensively and defensively," said Smith. "She's just such a threat and a competitor, but that's the way it is. Everybody has things here or there throughout the season, but for us, we were able to prepare for it, understanding that all of us have to be ready to play every night. It's not 'Lindsey has to do it all,' 'Monique has to do it all' and I don't have to do it all. It's just a matter of everyone understanding what we're trying to get done and we all have to be mentally and physically ready to play. We have to pick up the slack by committee."
Without Beard, the team is still very talented and they are stepping up to the plate, as needed. Players like Katie Smith and Lindsey Harding are playing well, as is Nakia Sanford after taking some criticism for her play in the past. Yet, the player doing the heavy lifting to this point is Monique Currie, who is an early front-runner for the MVP award. Currie is averaging 22.0 points per game on 56% shooting and 50% from behind the three-point line. She is also hitting her free throws at an amazing 95% clip.
"You know that injuries happen in sports and you can never prepare to lose your franchise player, but if you look at Monique Currie, Lindsey Harding, Katie Smith and all these players we have on our roster, everyone knows that they have to step up," said Taylor. "On paper, everything looks different than what actually happens on the court, so I think the season is just beginning and we realize that we are one of twelve teams that has an equal opportunity to win a WNBA championship and that's our mindset going into it."
But how is this all possible? It would have been understandable for the team to go through the motions during the season, expecting in their own hearts and minds that they would miss out on the playoffs. However, they have gone the other route, choosing to prove many people wrong who doubted them.
"I think that goes back to last year with the way we finished the season," said Taylor. "Playing in the playoffs against the eventual Eastern Conference champion Indiana Fever, we felt we were very competitive in that series and had an opportunity to move on. You know, a possession here or there and we could have moved on, so there's a lot of confidence coming out and we have a lot of those players returning. The entire off-season has been focused on not just getting to the playoffs, but getting beyond the playoffs. That's the foundation."
That experience in last season's playoffs build a confident foundation, making the team believe that they are capable of great things. Of course, Katie Smith–who is a WNBA legend–always expects great things of herself and her teams. Even though she is only about a week into her Mystic career, she sees the potential of her new team and chooses to be an emotional leader for the squad, never allowing them to get down on themselves.
"I think we can play with anybody," said Smith. "Every night is going to be tough because if you don't show up, you're going to get beat. We have the individual players, but we also have a great group and our defense will keep us in games when we're not shooting the ball well. We will compete every night, we will be in ball games and it's just a matter of making those plays down the stretch to hopefully get those W's."
Crystal Langhorne, who is averaging 15.0 points and 93 rebounds per game, sums up the Mystics mindset for the 2010 season perfectly. When asked if fans, as well as the media wrote off the 2010 Washington Mystics, Langhorne spoke bluntly.
"Yeah, I think so, but we don't want to listen to that too much," said Langhorne. "We know the team we have and what we are capable of and I think we have great players on our team and play well together. We do want to prove some people wrong."
So far, they are turning many heads.
One of the challenges for WNBA fans is attempting to follow players during the off-season. Players sprinkle out throughout the world, playing overseas and it is difficult to keep it all straight sometimes. That is a main reason that the WNBA world has an amazing online presence with sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Nakia Sanford of the Washington Mystics for an off-season check in, as she plays overseas and finds an interesting business opportunity fall right into her lap.
SLAM: So, are you playing overseas this offseason?
Nakia Sanford: Yes, I'm in Ibiza, Spain. I came over a little later than most. It's only been about three weeks now. I wanted to stay until after Christmas, but I just got the itch and had to go.
SLAM: Why did you go over late?
NS: I bought a small deli this summer and had to stay home to manage the transition.
SLAM: Really? Interesting…what made you decide to do that?
NS: It was a great opportunity and kind of fell in my lap. It's the last thing I thought I would be doing!
SLAM: Where's the deli? What's it called?
NS: It's American Deli 2 in Jonesmorrow, GA.
SLAM: Very cool. Do you know much about "business?"
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
SLAM: So, who runs it for you in your absence?
NS: My dad–who is the best dad in the world, by the way–moved from California to Georgia to run it for me. I'm so grateful.
SLAM: OK, I suppose we should get back to ball. How's your team playing?
NS: When I got here, they were 0-7. We have won 2 out of 4 games–should have been three–since I got here. We are advancing to the next round of Eurocup as well.
SLAM: So you should be MVP, huh?
NS: Naaaah! Sometimes, a person can just change the mentality of the team. I've never been THAT player, you know, but I think I have been successful because of the other things I do.
SLAM: How are you playing individually?
NS: I'm playing well. It's bad, but I only look at stats when I have a bad game. I have been hearing from the coaching staff in DC. According to them, I'm having a lot of double-doubles.
SLAM: Is there a specific area or two of your game that you're focusing on improving?
NS: Yes, my free throws! I was doing so great for the first games—so mad right now—I missed so many our last game. I don't know what happened. Now I messed everything up. I'm trying to bulk up a little more. I think my body changed so much now that I don't eat meat. I want to be stronger.
SLAM: What are you doing to improve your free throws? Different releases, concentration, etc?
NS: Concentration. I really think I have ADD or something! Well actually, I'm pretty sure I do, but I have trouble sometimes not thinking at the line.
SLAM: You don't eat meat now? Are you vegetarian? Vegan?
NS: Vegetarian. Well actually, I call myself a pescatarian. I still eat fish and byproducts. Milk, cheese, etc. My Step-Dad is vegetarian, but eats milk, cheese, etc.
SLAM: Did you just made that decision recently? Why the choice?
NS: No, it wasn't even a choice…just a series of events. It started about five years ago. I had two experiences with sausage and a hamburger where I bit into gristle and either a piece of bone or tooth or something crazy. It grossed me out, so I stopped eating red meat. I loved steak—even worked in a steak house—but I just didn't want to do it anymore. That was about a year or two, then slowly I stopped wanting chicken too—couldn't eat it off the bone anymore. Then I would only eat it if it was ground up. I tried to go back on a few occasions.
SLAM: I HAVE to ask this then…and now you own a deli?
NS: Yeah, I'm the vegetarian that sells chicken wings! Ironic. I don't try to convert people, but people always try to convert me back!
SLAM: Total shift in topic…..how many years have you gone overseas to play?
NS: Do I have enough fingers? I believe I'm going into my tenth year. No, no…nine! You want a list? France, South Korea, Israel, Turkey, Belgium, Italy, Russia and now Spain.
SLAM: You must be used to different cultures? Any culture shock anymore?
NS: Russia was pretty hard. Want another list? Seriously, its just a tough place. Lack of sun, the directness of the people, you don't see people laughing and joking much and a lot of drinking. That stereotype is really true.
SLAM: What was the biggest weakness in the Mystics last year that needs to be addressed this off-season and by the players when you all return?
NS: Hold on. Let me get my PR voice going. No, seriously, I think we just have to have a more balanced team effort. I really think, as an organization, the team is headed in the right direction. I absolutely love Doctor J and our GM Angela Taylor. Gregg Bibb has done a great job on the corporate side. As a team on the court, it all comes back to balance. I think teams played us for that weakness and we were predictable in a lot of areas.
SLAM: What do you personally do to help out with that?
NS: I think I can help by trying to be more consistent with my own effort and I definitely think I was not proactive at times over the past two years. They have been a personal disappointment to me career-wise.
SLAM: Can I ask why you think that happened?
NS: You know Crystal Robison. CRob told me once that a lot of athletes go through it, especially us as women. You just hit a wall. I was so disappointed. I came off of a steady improvement every year to not being able to make a lay up the next. I had hopes for making All-Star ballot and then All-Star, so in my head my goals were there, but, physically and spiritually, the energy was not there behind it. This year I felt a lot better and I was happy to be back with Chasity Melvin. She helped me so much when we played together before.
SLAM: You said that many athletes go through that, especially women. Why do you think that is?
NS: At this level for one, we play all year. If you're lucky, you get a month or so in between. If you're more lucky, you are Lisa Leslie or Candace Parker and you can make a living off endorsements. Without that salary, not a chance.
Second, imagine you're away from your family and loved ones for about 6-8 months out of the year. The other four months, you are away playing in another city. The mental sacrifice can get to be a lot also. I wonder if there is a study on the career span of a female pro athlete. My guess is three years.
Lastly, as females, you want a family and you want stability. You have to sacrifice all of that. I mean guys make enough that they can bring their partners with them, have kids and go to work. I know some women do it, but oh my, I can't imagine trying to be a mom with this job. No sir…not I.
SLAM: Finally, is there anything you'd like to say to Mystics fans that will see this and are looking forward to this summer?
NS: First, THANK YOU. I know it sounds cliché, but truly, our fans have been one of the best parts of playing in DC. I have been there for years, so I know.. This summer, we are going to continue building the foundation for the success of our team for years to come. I still get excited about putting on my DC uniform and running out into that gym.


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Life steal is an offensive stat that converts a percentage of the physical damage dealt to health regained. A champion's basic attack, abilities that apply on-hit effects, and abilities that modify your next basic attack all benefit from lifesteal.[1]
Life steal is calculated from the actual damage done to an enemy, after armor and all other forms of damage reduction. Almost all champions have 0% base life steal. It can be increased with items, runes, masteries, and some champion abilities.
Increasing life steal Edit
Items Edit
Core Edit
- Vampiric Scepter: +10% life steal, +10 attack damage. 800 gold.
- Bilgewater Cutlass: +12% life steal, +25 attack damage. Unique Active: Target champion suffers 100 magic damage and is slowed by 25% for 2 seconds. 90 second cooldown and 450 range 1400 gold.
- Blade of the Ruined King: +15% life steal, +25 attack damage, +40% attack speed. Unique Passive: Your attacks deal 5% of the target's current health in physical damage (60 max vs. minions). Unique Active: Deals 15% of target champion's maximum health as physical damage and healing you for the same amount. Additionally, you steal 30% of the target's movement speed for 3 seconds. 90 second cooldown and 450 range. 3200 gold.
- Zeke's Herald: Unique Aura: Nearby allied champions gain 10% life steal and 20 attack damage. +250 health, 20% cooldown reduction. 2550 gold.
- Ravenous Hydra: +12% life steal, +75 attack damage, +15 health regeneration. Passive: Damage dealt by this item works with life steal. Unique Passive - Cleave: Your attacks deal up to 60% of your attack damage to units around your target - decaying down to 20% near the edge. Unique Active - Crescent: Deals up to 100% of your attack damage to units around you - decaying down to 60% near the edge. 10 second cooldown. 3300 gold.
- Hextech Gunblade: +12% life steal, +65 ability power, +45 attack damage, +20% spell vamp. Unique passive: Your basic attacks and single target spells against champions reduce the cooldown of this item by 3 seconds. Unique Active: Deals 150 + 40% of your ability power as magic damage and slows the target champion's movement speed by 40% for 2 seconds. 60 second cooldown. 3400 gold.
- Guinsoo's Rageblade: Unique Passive: Falling below 50% health grants you 20% attack speed, 10% life steal, and 10% spell vamp until you exit combat. 30 second cooldown. +35 attack damage, +45 ability power. Passive: On autoattack or spellcast, increases your attack speed by 4% and ability power by 4. This buff lasts for 5 seconds and stacks up to 8 times. 2600 gold.
Variable Availability Edit
- Prospector's Blade: +5% life steal, +20 attack damage. Unique passive: +200 health (does not stack with other Prospector items). 950 gold.
- Grez's Spectral Lantern: +12% life steal, +20 armor, +20 attack damage. Unique Passive: Your basic attacks against minions and monsters have a 20% chance to deal 200 bonus magic damage. Unique Active: A stealth-detecting mist grants vision in the target area for 10 seconds. 60 second cooldown. (1000 Range, 375 AOE estimate). 1250 gold.
- Sanguine Blade: +15% life steal, +40 attack damage. Unique passive: On hit, you gain +6 attack damage and +1% life steal for 4 seconds (maximum 5 stacks). 2850 gold.
- The Bloodthirster: +12% life steal. Passive: Gain +1 attack damage and +0.2% life steal per kill (maximum +30 attack damage and +6% life steal). Half of the bonuses are lost upon death, +70 attack damage 3200 gold.
- The Lightbringer: +15% lifesteal, +25 armor, +20 attack damage, +200 health. UNIQUE passive - Vanquish: Basic attacks have a 20% chance to deal 100 bonus magic damage (doubled for non-champions). UNIQUE passive - Trap Detection: Nearby stealthed enemy traps are revealed. UNIQUE active: Cover s a target area in a stealth-detecting mist that grants vision for 10 seconds. 60 second cooldown. 2425 gold.
Champion abilities Edit
Note: Only the life steal buff effect of these abilities is shown here, to read more information on each of these abilities, follow the link on each of them.
- Lee Sin's Iron Will grants 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% life steal for 5 seconds.
- Nasus's Soul Eater passively grants him 10 / 15 / 20% life steal.
- Olaf's Vicious Strikes gives him 9 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21% life steal for 6 seconds.
- Sion's Cannibalism grants him 50 / 75 / 100% life steal for 20 seconds.
- Warwick's Infinite Duress grants him 30% life steal for the duration of the ability.
- Udyr's Turtle Stance grants him 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% life steal while he is in this stance.
Masteries Edit
- Vampirism grants 1 / 2 / 3% life steal and spell vamp.
Runes Edit
- Quintessences of Life Steal grant 1.12 / 1.56 / 2% life steal.
Notes Edit
- Spirit Visage's passive effect will increase life steal effectiveness (while this does not increase the actual stat, it is displayed that way in the champion statistics page [C])
- Life steal stacks additively, and has no cap.
- Life steal will not heal from damage done to towers.
- Life steal will heal from all damage done to minions, monsters, pets and champions.
- Abilities that apply on-hit effects such as Mystic Shot and Parrrley will work with life steal.
- Life steal does not work for abilities that don't apply on-hit effects, nor with items actives like Blade of the Ruined King.
- Healing reduction effects like Ignite, Executioner's Calling and Tristana's Explosive Shot reduce the health restored by life steal. See Healing reduction for more information.
Trivia Edit
- The maximum achievable life steal in Season 3 is 250.8%, using Sion equipped with 5 fully-stacked Bloodthirsters, a Spirit Visage, Vampirism at rank 3, three Greater Quintessences of Life Steal, a nearby teammate with Zeke's Herald, and using rank 3 Cannibalism.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Spud's first miler
A little earlier today, I also gave him a lesson in Obamanomics. Careless kid that he is, he left $4.00, the sum total of his worldly cash assets, sitting on my deck while he went down on the driveway to shoot his slingshot. I saw the money lying there and picked it up before a breeze could blow it away. After a bit, I noticed that his marksmanship sucked because he wasn't aiming. I coached him some, and then held up a dollar bill and told him that if he'd slow down and shoot straight, I'd give him one for every hit he made on the target. Well he started shooting straight and quickly snared three dollars before he ran out of rocks and decided to quit. He came up the stairs, counting his money, and then he went to where he'd left his "other money" and the light came on.
"You took my money!" he exclaimed. "You only gave me some of my own money back! And you've still got the rest!"
And thus he learned everything he needs to know about Democrat social programs.
Am I a great uncle, or what?
Now he and my ex-dog are upstairs getting ready for bed. It's quiet and peaceful for a few minutes. Aaaaahhhhh.......
5 comments:
- Bob said...
Running's good. Do you have him doing any calisthenics at all? How is he on pushups and situps?
- Murphy's Law said...
Not yet, Bob. Working towards that, but I only get him 1 week out of the year. I did talk to him tonight about him taking Phys Ed as an elective this year. We also talked diet and exercise. Hopefully some of it sinks in.
- MSgt B said...
I startled the dog, laughing out loud. It's quiet here in the living room at this hour on Sunday. Great lesson!
Phy Ed as an elective? Have schools changed that much? When I was his age, phys ed was a required part of the day for everyone. - 7:59 AM
- RabidAlien said...
Agreed with MSgtB...at my HS, PhysEd was required. And usually dreaded. But only for one semester, then you were free and clear.
- Lenard Neal said...
I am a HUGE proponent of the immortal Wrist Rocket. I learned a lot of what I know about ballistics from a folding model I bought at a rummage sale (minus the surgical tubes, the plastic end caps on the 'legs', or the patch) when I was, oh, maybe 11. I got good enough with
it to knock
perching birds down and run up and wring their necks. The lowly slingshot is, to me, the best tutor of rock-throwing machines there is. Guns are a propellant version of it, no more.
Cool. Slingshots are the best. As far as Obama Care? Well, did you hold the money he carelessly left behind, then make him rake gravel in your road for it? Did you make him do something for an old person for it? Is Spud, your excellent relative, in Boy Scouts, where he might learn selflessness?
Take him to town and make him hold doors open for the elderly. Come on, man. That's what my churchy mom made me do: if I misbehaved as a small child, she made me stand at the Sears and open doors for town residents. My crazy, insular dad, not so much. But yeah, she would make me go volunteer at nursing homes, sweep the sidewalks on the block(!) and various other 'socialistic' activities.
That said, slingshots are the bomb. Lucky kid. - 4:46 PM


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No skipping class for GCC eduction industry
A report by Kuwait Finance House (KFH) highlights the education sector as one of the focus areas for GCC governments with a growing share of spending being channelled to build new schools, colleges, and universities.
The report said sector data shows that the total students in GCC region is expected to grow by 1.8 per cent to reach 11.3 million in 2020 from 9.5 million in 2010. The number of tertiary students is expected to grow by 5.5 per cent. The share of tertiary education students is expected to rise from 11 per cent in 2010 to 15 per cent in 2020, while primary education share would decline from 46 per cent to 43 per cent during the same period. Enrolment in private education sector is estimated to grow from 1.3 million students in 2010 to 1.9 million students in 2020, by 3.3 per cent during the period.
The total number of schools is expected to grow by 1.2 per cent during 2010 to 2020. Due to its huge student population, over 80 per cent of total schools are estimated to be located in Saudi Arabia. Private schools growth rate is expected to outpace that of public schools with the number of private schools in the region estimated to increase at a CAGR of 3.2 per cent during 2010 to 2020, while public schools are projected to grow at a significantly lower rate of 0.9 per cent during the same period.
Although this private-school market is relatively large in absolute terms, it nonetheless comprises a small per centage of the overall GCC education system, which has roughly 6.3 million students in 35,000 schools, dominated by Saudi Arabia. By spending, private education represents about 14 per cent of the $36 billion education market in the GCC, despite a relatively high share of private-school enrolment. This discrepancy is due to public schools' high cost of operation. Public schools spend nearly twice the amount per student of their private counterparts.
In Kuwait, KFH said the 0-25 age group is equivalent to 42.2 per cent of the total population.
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- How far are MENA companies willing to bend? Flexible workplaces linked to increased productivity, says report
- The booming potential of e-learning in Kuwait
- Alpen Capital GCC Education report highlights the growth potential and investment opportunities
- Saudi Arabia spends 5.6% of GDP on education
- Education is a big business in the GCC
- Given the exploding demand for education, should the UAE go for more schools or more online courses?
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Boll weevil
Boll Weevil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Anthonomus |
Species: | A. grandis |
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Anthonomus grandis Boheman, 1843 |
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American south. During the late 20th century it became a serious pest in South America as well. Since 1978, the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the U.S. allowed full-scale cultivation to resume in many regions.
Life cycle[edit]
Adult weevils overwinter in well-drained areas in or near cotton fields after diapause. They emerge and enter cotton fields from early spring through midsummer, with peak emergence in late spring, and feed on immature cotton bolls. The female lays about 200 eggs over a 10–12 day period. The oviposition leaves wounds on the exterior of the flower bud. The eggs hatch in three to five days within the cotton squares (larger buds before flowering), feed for eight to ten days, and finally pupate. The pupal stage lasts another five to seven days. The life cycle from egg to adult spans about three weeks during the summer. Under optimal conditions there may be eight to 10 generations per season.
Boll weevils will begin to die at temperatures at or below −5 °C (23 °F). Research at the University of Missouri indicates they cannot survive more than an hour at −15 °C (5 °F). The insulation offered by leaf litter, crop residues, and snow may enable the beetle to survive when air temperatures drop to these levels. The boll weevil lays its eggs inside buds and ripening bolls (fruits) of the cotton plants. The adult insect has a long snout, is grayish color, and is usually less than 6mm long.
Other limitations on boll weevil populations include extreme heat and drought. Its natural predators include fire ants, insects, spiders, birds, and a parasitic wasp, Catolaccus grandis. The insects sometimes emerge from diapause before cotton buds are available.
The insect crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892[1] and reached southeastern Alabama in 1909. By the mid-1920s it had entered all cotton growing regions in the U.S., travelling 40 to 160 miles per year. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. Mississippi State University has estimated that since the boll weevil entered the United States it has cost U.S. cotton producers about $13 billion, and in recent times about $300 million per year.[1]
The boll weevil contributed to the economic woes of Southern farmers during the 1920s, a situation exacerbated by the Great Depression in the 1930s.
The Library of Congress American Memory Project contains a number of oral history materials on the boll weevil's impact.[2] In one of the project's features, a 1939 interview for the Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina native Mose Austin recalled that his employer was adamant. "He don't want nothin' but cotton planted on de place; dat he in debt and hafter raise cotton to git de money to pay wid." Austin let out a long guffaw before recounting, "De boll weevil come...and, bless yo' life, dat bug sho' romped on things dat fall." Austin remembered that the following spring, his employer insisted on planting cotton in spite of warnings from his wife, his employees, and government agricultural experts:
De cotton come up and started to growin', and, suh, befo' de middle of May I looks down one day and sees de boll weevil settin' up dere in de top of dem little cotton stalks waitin' for de squares to fo'm. So all dat gewano us hauled and put down in 1922 made nuttin' but a crop of boll weevils.[3]
The next year, Austin's employer tried the same ill-fated experiment. Ultimately, the man lost his farm and moved with his disgruntled wife to California.
The boll weevil infestation has been credited with bringing about economic diversification in the southern US, including the expansion of peanut cropping. The citizens of Enterprise, Alabama erected the Boll Weevil Monument in 1919, perceiving that their economy had been overly dependent on cotton, and that mixed farming and manufacturing were better alternatives.
The boll weevil appeared in Venezuela in 1949 and in Colombia in 1950.[4] The Amazon Rainforest was thought to present a barrier to its further spread, but it was detected in Brazil in 1983, and it is estimated that about 90% of the cotton farms in Brazil are now infested. During the 1990s the weevil spread to Paraguay and Argentina. The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has proposed a control program similar to that used in the U.S.[4]
Following World War II the development of new pesticides such as DDT enabled U.S. farmers again to grow cotton as an economic crop. DDT was initially extremely effective, but US weevil populations developed resistance by the mid-1950s.[5] Methyl parathion, malathion, and pyrethroids were subsequently used, but environmental and resistance concerns arose as they had with DDT and control strategies changed.[5]
While many control methods have been investigated since the boll weevil entered this country, insecticides have always remained the main control methods. In the 1980s, entomologists at Texas A&M University pointed to the spread of another invasive pest, the red imported fire ant as a factor in the weevils' population decline in some areas.[6]
Other avenues of control that have been explored include weevil-resistant strains of cotton,[7] the parasitic wasp Catolaccus grandis,[8] the fungus Beauveria bassiana,[9] and the Chilo iridescent virus. Genetically engineered Bt cotton is not protected from the boll weevil.[10]
Although it was possible to control the boll weevil, to do so was costly in terms of insecticide costs. The goal of many cotton entomologists was to eventually eradicate the pest from U. S. cotton. In 1978 an eradication test was begun in eastern North Carolina to determine feasibility of eradication. Based on the success of this test, area-wide programs were begun in the 1980s to eradicate the insect from whole regions. These are based on cooperative effort by all growers together with the assistance of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA).
The program has been successful in eradicating boll weevils from all cotton growing states with the exception of Texas, and most of this state is free of boll weevils. Problems along the southern border with Mexico have delayed eradication in the extreme southern portions of this state. Follow-up programs are in place in all cotton growing states to prevent the re-introduction of the pest. These monitoring programs rely on pheromone baited traps for detection. The boll weevil eradication program, although slow and costly, has paid off for cotton growers in reduced pesticide costs. This program and the screwworm program[11] of the 1950's are among the biggest and most successful insect control programs in history.
See also[edit]
- Lixus concavus, the Rhubarb curculio weevil
- Female sperm storage
- ^ a b Mississippi State University. Economic impacts of the boll weevil "History of the Boll Weevil in the United States".
- ^ The American Memory Project – Boll weevils
- ^ "Always Agin It" Place Chapin, South Carolina, John L. Dove, interviewer, January 24, 1939. American Life Histories, 1936–1940
- ^ a b ICAC. "Integrated Pest Management Of The Cotton Boll Weevil In Argentina, Brazil, And Paraguay".
- ^ a b Timothy D. Schowalter (31 May 2011). Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach. Academic Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-12-381351-0. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ D. A. Fillman and W. L. Sterling. "Fire ant predation on the boll weevil". BioControl: Volume 28, Number 4 / December, 1983.
- ^ Hedin, P. A. and McCarty, J. C. "Weevil-resistant strains of cotton". Journal of agricultural and food chemistry:1995, vol. 43, no10, pp. 2735–2739 (19 ref.).
- ^ Juan A. Morales-Ramos. "Catolaccus grandis (Burks) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)". Biological Control: a guide to Natural Enemies in North America.
- ^ Biological controls of the boll weevil
- ^ Bt susceptibility of insect species
- ^ "screwworm eradication".
Further reading[edit]
- Dickerson, Willard A., et al., Ed. Boll Weevil Eradication in the United States Through 1999. The Cotton Foundation, Memphis, Tn 2001. 627 pp.
- Lange, Fabian, Alan L. Olmstead, and Paul W. Rhode, "The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892–1932", Journal of Economic History, 69 (Sept. 2009), 685–718.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anthonomus grandis. |
Wikispecies has information related to: Boll weevil |
- Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
- Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
- Hunter and Coad, "The boll-weevil problem", U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin, (1928). Hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries Digital Collections
- Alabama Tourism Board
- Boll Weevil in Georgia
- A 1984 paper on the effect of a parasitic wasp on the boll weevil


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Setting up a Web site can be a major investment of time and money, and the pay-back illusive. From my experience in setting up a Web site, observing the workroom industry and continuing my education in Web marketing, there is still a big question in my mind as to whether a one-person wholesale workroom needs a Web site.
There is such a major shortage of workrooms nowadays that it's very likely you only have to seek the right market for your work and you will have it. The biggest reason for a Web site would be if you want to grow your business beyond your local area. Then, a Web site is the way to reach these new markets.
However, if you are going to set up a Web site, your first step must be to write down exactly what you want that site to do for you. For some, it may be merely a status symbol. There is nothing wrong with that, and it could be done for a minimal investment. This approach would be to treat your Web site as a storefront or an advertisement that encourages your visitors to contact you. Others may hope they can make sales directly from their Web sites.
For a wholesale workroom, it's very unlikely that you can successfully sell custom orders through a Web site. It might work if you are a retail workroom, but the retail public expects a lot. It may be difficult to please them unless you stick to standard styles, sizes and fabrics like ready-mades. Creating a catalog of these products could require a hefty amount of time and money.
You also need to keep track of the time your Web site costs you in upkeep and maintenance. I was never prepared for the amount of my time my Web site demands. Even hiring others to create, add to and change it always requires my time to provide the updated information, supervise the changes and check it to be sure it is done correctly and to my specifications. In the beginning, and anytime I make major changes to my site, it takes a phenomenal amount of my time. As all of you probably know, when you tackle a new project, it always takes much longer than anticipated.
Ask other workroom owners with Web sites for their experiences and how much business they get from their sites. Also, ask them about their experiences with Web masters and Web hosts.
If you want people to find you, you can't just put a Web site up and expect them to come. There are all kinds of strategies for bringing visitors to your site. You need either to hire somebody who knows how to do thatwhich is hard to find, but getting easieror you need to do a lot of research on your own.
You might start with free newsletters such as Doctor eBiz (www.doctorebiz.com), which is short and to the point, and MarketPosition Newsletter (www.marketposition.com). I also recommend visiting www.sitesell.com, where you'll find Ken Evoy has a fabulous book called "Make Your Site Sell." It's a very thick book, but easy to read and very reasonably priced. I also highly recommend the set of audio tapes, "Making Money On the Web," by Seth Godin (co-author of the Gorilla Marketing books). You can get it from Nightingale Conant, (800) 525-9000, www.nightingale.com, or by following the links to D&WC's online Bookstore at www.DWCdesigNet.com.
The Internet is changing all the time, and search engines are constantly changing how they decide who will be at the top of their lists. It's something you constantly have to stay on top of if you want your Web site to pay for itself.
Many entrepreneurs enjoy the challenge of setting up their own Web sites. For many, it's like a hobby to be able to create a presence on the Web, and it certainly feeds the ego to be able to say you did it yourself. There is nothing wrong with that. Workroom owners are very creative people and have the ability to create some pretty fancy Web sites. However, there is much more to creating a successful Web site than creative adornments. You may come up with the creative design concept, then hire a professional to put it on the Internet and host it.
Those who are as technologically challenged as I am see the value in hiring a professional to design their Web sites. I haven't always chosen the right creator or host, but I've learned in the process. Even though I have obtained my Internet education the hard way, I have not regretted the decision to choose professionals to do the work for me. I do not have the time to learn the language and software to do it myself. That is not the best use of my own skills, knowledge and time.
Another thing I do not regret is jumping in and building a Web site when I did, even though it wasn't the most pleasant experience at the time. The longer you are on the Web, the more traffic you will get and the more you will learn. So if you are planning to build your own Web site, start working on it now! Don't put it off. The sooner you get your site up, the sooner you will learn how to realize great success from it.
Lessons Kitty Has Learned I am, by no means, even close to being an expert on setting up and maintaining a Web site. However, I do wish I had known what I know now when I first set up my site. Here are things that I have learned the hard way or by research.
1.Web designers are "techies." I apologize if I step on any toes here. It has been my experience that many lack artistic layout knowledge, even though their technical knowledge is outstanding. Ask if your Web designer has any background in the arts.
2.Be sure your Web designer or host knows how to market your site. Ask for references. Be prepared for not finding someone who is knowledgeable about marketing on the Internet beyond building the Web site. You may be on your own to research books, tapes and the Internet for help.
3.You also must market your Web site through traditional non-Internet venues to let people know you have a site. I now find myself looking for Web addresses when I read ads. If they don't have a site, I'm not likely to investigate any further, even if they have an 800 number.
4.Generally the average Internet surfer does not like Web sites with frames. Thank goodness I didn't either and didn't use them.
5.Surf the Net and find sites you like and sites you don't like. List the reasons before you move on. That's what I did, although I wasn't exactly sure what I was looking for.
6.Metatags are very important. They are hidden within Web sites, but they are what search engines look for to list a site. They are the keywords surfers enter into search engines to find information. However, I have learned there are right ways and wrong ways to do metatags as well as the text on your Web pages. I depend on my Web master to know that part of it, but I try to keep myself educated as well.
7.Know not only what you want your Web site to do for you right now, but also in the future. When you interview Web designers and hosts, be sure they have the capabilities or the desire to take you where you want to go.
8.Be sure your Web master will promptly make the changes you need. When I'm late at updating my site, somebody is bound to ask me why.
9.Set up your pages so they download quickly. Photographs or images can be a real problem here as Web visitors are very impatient and will not wait long for a page to download.
10.Be sure your Web master tries your Web site pages on all available browsers. Some have different ways of viewing pages that really can make a difference.
11.If you accept credit cards on the Internet, be sure you have a secure site. I just received a notice that one major credit card company is going to start checking this. Besides, a secure site is safer for you and your customers.
12.Use WebTrends to get statistics from your Web site. It will give you a weekly report on the number of visitors, where they came from, when they came, what they were looking for, which search engines they used to get there and more. It is a very detailed report that you will find invaluable. Your Web host can make this available to you.
13.Post your photograph and maybe a picture of your workroom or storefront. Also, tell something about youself and your business. Doing this makes people trust you more because they can actually see a face. That was one thing I did right and didn't know it!
14.Make your site easy to navigate!
15.Create something on your site that will keep visitors coming back.
16.Create an e-mail list by asking visitors to your site to join or just sign a guest book and get permission to contact your visitors periodically. They have to get something in return for your contact. Newsletters are a great way to stay in touch, and they don't have to be lengthy. Of course, this does require your time so don't commit to something for which you don't have, or aren't willing to make, the time.
17.Don't use fancy fonts and graphics. Most visitors are not impressed with these. I do have a running banner that keeps my visitors posted on the changes on my site. I think this is a service so they don't have to go to each page to see if the new updates have been made.
18.Be careful with backgrounds and colors. Sometimes, it makes it very difficult to read text on the screen as well as when printed out. Be particularly careful when putting text in red if a visitor is likely to want to print that page. It's very hard to read.
19.Link to as many other sites in your industry as possible. This increases placement rankings with some search engines.
20.Keep your site updated!
21.Be sure you have chosen the right host for your site. Price should not be the first consideration. Instead, look for service, dependability, education and experience in what your needs are. Changing hosts can be a real nightmare! Having had to change my host two times now, I have had both good and bad experiences, but the bad was bad. Usually a host does not want to give up a client and may be uncooperative.
22.Most of all, analyze just how much of your time will be required to maintain your Web site. Your time is valuable and if you aren't getting enough pay-back from your site, your time investment is not worth it.
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These days everyone has an opinion on what Chip Kelly's future will hold. The consensus is that by this time next year, Kelly will be roaming the sidelines of an NFL team. However, what if Kelly held out a little longer? What possibilities could be looming down the road?
It seems the list of possible destinations for Kelly this offseason will be extensive. It's almost a foregone conclusion that Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Diego and Kansas City will all have voids to fill come January. There has also been a good deal of speculation surrounding at least a handful of other coaching positions around the league, including great destinations like Dallas, Carolina and New Orleans.
There are still four games remaining in the 2012 season and a lot can go right, or wrong, in the span of a month in the NFL; so no position openings are guaranteed. However, no matter what jobs do become available, it's popular belief that Kelly will be at the top of every team-in-need's list o...
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According to new reports, the writing is on the wall, and just in time for the Sunday quarter final: if you're tired of being a football widow during Euro 2012, go ahead and start an extramarital affair.
Extramarital dating sites have been reporting massive upticks in membership levels as the tournament has unfolded. One such football widow, a 35 year old Mancunian identifying herself as only 'Sarah,' says that she's used an online dating service to look for 'some fun' to escape feelings of rejection and abandonment while her husband can't take her eyes off the television.
Sarah became fed up with coming in second to the football tourney, making the decision during England's first Euro 2012 game to strike off on her own to find her own fun. She reported getting 'a huge buzz' sitting on the same sofa as her husband was, filling out her personal profile on the dating website as he had his eyes glued to the match.
Strangely enough, Sarah says this is probably the best way to avoid the breakdown of her seven-year marriage with her husband. Not wanting to split up the family and unsettle their children – and professing to love her husband despite her abandonment issues – Sarah says she simply craves 'some light relief' in order to make the partnership work.
Sarah reports having gone on two dates since signing up for the dating website. While she hasn't gone any further than that, she does readily admit that she most likely will once she meets the 'right guy.' However, the 35 year old wife and mother claims that she is taking steps to prevent being caught out, claiming that 'it's just a lot of fun' at the moment.


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Arizona shooting: US has lots of guns, but it's not alone
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona has brought renewed attention to the US 'gun culture' and gun violence – and the prevalence of guns in the country. In fact, the US has the largest number of civilian-owned guns in the world, both in raw number and relative to its total population, according to a 2007 report by Small Arms Survey, a Geneva-based project that studies small arms and armed violence. But some countries aren't too far behind the US. Below are some of the countries with the largest civilian gun ownership rates in the world.
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On the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, global disaster relief is under the microscope. A $15-billion-a-year industry with 250,000 workers, the stakes are high – but from each tsunami, quake, hurricane, and drought, we learn what works and what doesn't.
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A Haiti disaster relief worker fights cholera and despair
Emmet Fitzgerald, like thousands of other global disaster relief nomads, is at work 24 hours a day amid the Haiti earthquake debris – in the fight against cholera and other forms of despair, he sometimes goes into his own wallet to solve immediate problems in the camp he manages.
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Top 6 most triumphant stories of 2010
Most 2010 lists of major news will include the Gulf oil spill, the Haiti earthquake, the Republican midterm election sweep, and WikiLeaks. But we saw many events that also inspired or amazed or brought a smile. Here's our top 6 list.
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Monitor staff writers and correspondents in each of the world's regions share what they expect to be top headlines in 2011.
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The Monitor's correspondents around the world have shared some great Christmas stories over the years – from cradles of Christianity, such as Bethlehem, and from less likely places, such as China, Afghanistan, and Cairo. Click through the slides for highlights of past years' holiday coverage.
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Here are some stories in 2010 that you may have overlooked, including a global decline in suicide attacks and the phasing out of the Predator drone.
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Christmas cheer is widespread in the days leading up to Dec. 24 and 25, but it manifests itself in many different ways, from predicting the future to trying not to choke on a hidden coin. Below are just a few of the many unusual Christmas traditions around the world.
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WikiLeaks cyberattacks Q&A: MasterCard and Visa 'have egg on their faces.'
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i'm just happy to see a "pervert" that actually can write with a little playfulness and imagination - you must do okay
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no offense meant, that's why i put it in inverted commas - so many people spit that word at others as if they were the Virgin Mary
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Or rather lack of attendance. With all the complaining of our fans leaving early, it might be good to put it into perspective that at least our fans actually showed up to the game. Check out USC's crowd against Boston College last Saturday...Pathetic for an upper tier program but LA is known for its fairweather fans. FYI, this was 8 minutes before kickoff.
Can you blame them? I mean, who in the hell wants to go and get bombarded with that one song that the band plays over and over and over and over and over and over and aaaaaaagghhh just make it stop!!! That is the sole reason that I can never watch them on TV. For a city so deeply entrenched in the entertainment industry, you'd think their band would be worth a shit.
It's a huge stadium but if there was any passion they could fill it easy. LA area fans are notorious. A third of them show up late and a third of them leave early, if their team's having a bad year they abandon ship.
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You assert that it is someone's right to interpret what marriage is or is not in your post, and you give several examples.
Is it also within someone's right to define what they mean by murder? Theft? Government sanction and definition of terms is both commonplace and necessary for the rule of law to be able to order the conduct of society. Words have meaning, and when multiple interpretations of the same word are allowed, confusion can result.
Marriage as a union between man and women has pre dated modern western society by several thousand years, and it appears to be reasonably widespread concept across continents and cultures. Are their cultures with other arrangements as the norm — yes. Are they in the 'mainstream of the modern world?' It seems not. Marriage as the union between a man and a woman is prevalent in Asia, Europe, Australia, South America and North America. There are special cases where marriage also exists between a man and more than one woman, most commonly in the Muslim culture.
Our culture has honored the institution of marriage as a religious or cultural event for centuries, and our culture has valued the special relationship which arises from a 'nuclear family' living in freedom and raising children to be self sufficient as well as civilized members of society. The fact that our laws make provisions to ensure that widows and children automatically inherit the estate of the father or widowers and children inherit the estate of the mother (most typically jointly shared by the spouses), is a means to ensure that they remain as self sufficient as possible. This is a good thing — unless you believe that all property should revert to the state so that wealth can be redistributed for the state's purpose, over-riding the needs of the family.
There are currently no barriers to exercising free choice and leaving your estate to anyone you might name — but it is presumed that this must be a conscious choice.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks Blogger Brett Bivens takes us on a trip down memory lane, this time bringing us his first edition of the Seahawks all time offensive weapons. Starting with the QB, and the most hotly contested debate among the top three Hawks QB's of all time. Jim Zorn, Dave Krieg, or Matt Hasselbeck? This exact question is finally answered
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Blatant homerism! I wouldn't trade Lynch for Peterson
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks blogger Brett Bivens breaks down the week 6 matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks in his Seahawks Monday morning quarterback. The Seahawks defeated the Patriots 24-23. Brett points out Walter Jones raised the 12th man flag. Cortez Kennedy had his number retired, Russell Wilson out dueled Tom Brady. Pete Carroll beat his old franchise. SWEET.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks blogger Alistair Corp after each week of the regular season and possibly during an NFL playoff game or the Super Bowl will bring you his Seahawks game balls. Balls are awarded to the Hawks offensive MVP Russell Wilson, and on defense this week Richard Sherman. For Special Teams Leon Washington made good use of his limited returns.
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NWSB Managing editor and Seattle Seahawks writer "Q" tells us what its going to take from Russell Wilson and the new QB era in Seattle to change how he feels about the uniform #3 and its history with the organization. From Rick Mirer to Jeff George, to Josh Brown the number hasn't been to well kept. Russell Wilson is here to change that. He will lead the Seahawks to greatness. Just wait and see says Q.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks blogger Reggie Gill tells us why he loves Big Cortez Kennedy. Who has been chosen to enter the NFL Hall of Fame this year, and there couldn't be a more deserving player. "Tez" was a great player, and all Seahawk fans love him. A player is always more endearing to fans when he has spent his entire career with an organization. Steve Largent and Dave Wyman rave about Tez.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks blogger Brett Bivens tells us today the Seahawks have filled another need with the draft of Wisconsin Badgers Quarterback Russell Wilson. With the 75th overall selection. Instant reaction from Michael Lombardi from the NFL network was do the Seahawks have a place for him on the roster? With Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson I guess we'll find out in training camp or a trade?
Welcome to Seattle Bobby Wagner…Utah St. inside linebacker
NWSB Insider and Seattle Seahawks blogger Brett Bivens tells us today the Seahawks have filled another one of their biggest needs when they drafted Bobby Wagner a linebacker from Utah State. With the 47th overall selection. Instant reaction from Mike Mayock on the NFL Network says this guy is a special teams STUD and can play two linebacker positions. In Pete Carroll and John Schneider the 12th man trusts.
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NWSB Seattle Seahawks insider C-Mac tells us about the five Seattle Seahawks veterans that deserve a spot in Canton Ohio in the Pro football hall of fame. Cortez Kennedy is going in, and besides him Walter Jones, Mike Holmgren, Steve Hutchinson, Kenny Easley and Shaun Alexander should also go in one day. Steve Largent is eagerly awaiting their arrival.


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You all are crazy to put tthis movie into the worst. My kids and I love this movie. We can't wait to watch it every year!!! We would give it a 10 star if we could. Merry Christmas
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