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At its peak, the blog reached over 3,000 page views per day according to Corcoran, but he also says interest in the blog had been waning since passing the 1 million hits a year ago.
He attributes the "waning interest" to "war fatigue" by the news media and the American public.
Corcoran discusses the highs and lows of the blog in a story that was published in The New York Times yesterday.
"I'm a realist and I'm fully aware that after so many years it is hard for people to continue to care deeply about a conflict that doesn't seem to have any end goal or sense of mission. So a few weeks ago, I decided I would stop the blog after the election. (I'm leaving the door open just a bit to a last-minute change of heart.) If I do stop posting, however, I intend to keep it on the Internet as a historical reference for anyone interested in the Iraq and Afghan wars.
There have been many gratifying moments. One involved a woman who wrote me after I had posted a video of a firefight in Afghanistan that included her son. She said that she had not heard from him in weeks and that she was thrilled to be able to see him in the video. She went on to tell me what a wonderful job I was doing for all the military families who felt as she did, that the media had let them down in its coverage of the Afghan war."
Full story here.
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Earlier this week Powers posted a new story called "Preparing For An Embed: Getting Started" that talks about the first step.
Powers writes on the military blog Blackfive:
"The first step in any embed is a journalistic outlet. All embeds are journalistic embeds. Period. Dot. They are not for morale, they are not for sightseeing, and they are not for cooking or other culinary endeavors. Trust me, I spent a couple of months earlier this year trying to set something up for a chef who wanted to go cook for the troops, and despite my efforts and those of two very helpful people in DoD, no go, not even in conjunction with a real embed. Now, that is not to say that an embed can't chose to do something once there if the unit approves, but that is not a valid reason for an embed and won't help your cause in applying.
Embeds are for journalism and journalism only. Keep in mind that blogs (even milblogs) don't have the clout or prestige they once did and that there does still seem to be an institutional bias towards "real" media in some circles."
More here.
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War Widow's Lawsuit Says Nat Geo, Fox Depicted Dead Husband's Body, Aired Family Photo. An Army staff sergeant's widow says in a lawsuit against National Geographic and Fox that a documentary from the companies depicted her husband's dead body and showed a private family photo she believes was taken from his laptop after he died. The suit seeks unspecified damages and to ban Nat Geo and Fox from using military family members' images, names or likenesses for commercial purposes without their permission. Nat Geo declined to comment. Donnice Roberts, of Carthage, Texas, has two children with Staff Sergeant Kevin Casey Roberts...
(Chicago Tribune)
'Witness' Documents the Work and Art of War Zone Photojournalists. "The violence is what you start out with because it's the obvious story. I fill in the blanks with contexts about how these people live," says Eros Hoagland. A photojournalist in war and conflict zones, he sees in his work both opportunity and limits. "You need layers and arcs and different things happening kind of at the same time, rather than in-your-face imagery of death and suffering. How much of that can you look at?" As Hoagland speaks, he's packing for his next gig, the camera panning over his camera case, his helmet, and his body armor...
Social Media Wins and Fails: Eye of the Storm. Mashable tackled this very early on in a post they called "7 Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos You're Sharing on Social Media". From a photo of soldiers in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, to a picture stolen from a popular disaster movie, to various photoshopped photos combining non-sandy images with random storm photos — people spent much of the day passing around images that were either blatant fabrications or legitimate photos that weren't of Sandy at all. In fact, as I was stuck on the East Coast because of the storm, I spent a good couple hours practicing my troll skills as I debunked photo after photo on my own timeline...
(Business 2 Community)
Veterans Day: Loveland veterans share their stories (video, form). Note from the reporter: Thank our veterans for their service to our country. Fill out the form at the bottom of this story; call 599-1218 and leave a message of thanks; or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The military experiences changed many veterans for life even though their service spanned such a short time. Some of the comments and voice recordings will be printed with a story on Nov. 11, Veterans Day...
(Reporter Herald)
Family defends Malaysian held over Facebook insult. The family of a Malaysian man detained for allegedly insulting a state sultan on Facebook called for his release Monday, saying the government is violating his free-speech rights. Police arrested 27-year-old Ahmad Abdul Jalil in Kuala Lumpur and took him to southern Johor state late Friday. He was freed briefly Monday after a magistrate court in Johor refused to extend his remand order but police immediately arrested him again, said his sister Anisa Abdul Jalil...
Bookout shares stories of courage and loss during Vietnam. One peek into Army veteran Steve Bookout's Newton home gives a glimpse into the two tours of duty he served during the Vietnam War: At his computer desk sits an armored seat, stripped from a helicopter much like the ones he used to fly. His basement houses two helicopter doors, emblazoned with a red wild boar, the symbol of the Razorbacks gun squad, and a photo of Gen. William Westmoreland hangs on a wall, a personalized inscription scrawled at the bottom....
(Newton Daily News)
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Video of Syrian rebels executing government soldiers that surfaced last week has gone viral, while drawing condemnation from around the world.
This isn't the first video of a war crime being committed in Syria by either rebels or government forces, and likely won't be the last as the war continues on.
According to The Wall Street Journal:
"Summary executions by rebels of regime loyalists, soldiers and members of the Syrian security forces and police are believed to have occurred with frequency in the northern city of Aleppo, where fighting has been raging since July, according to human-rights groups, video footage and in some instances the admission of rebels themselves.
Amnesty International said it was working on verifying the video and the circumstances of the executions, but the preliminary assessment by its technical specialists indicated the footage was authentic and doesn't appear to have been manipulated."
More on the story here.
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Civil War-era diary gives insight. Sally Hale holds history in her hands. Wearing protective cotton gloves, the nontraditional history student gently turned the pages of the personal diary of Franklin E. Fox, a Michigan soldier who chronicled his experiences during the Civil War. She paused and referred to a page, separated from the binding of the 150-year-old diary. "Here is a passage on the assassination of the president," she said, referring to Abraham Lincoln. "They learned about it several days after it happened. It says, 'The men were not in good spirits.'"
(Kearney Hub)
Civil War letters tell story of Niagara County veteran. For more than a century, the letters sat in a tiny Niagara County farmhouse, a precious link to one of the nation's bloodiest struggles. The long-forgotten ink – spread across yellowed pages – has roared to life once again, telling the story of a Niagara County man who battled through the Civil War and lived to tell about it. More than 40 letters from Elmer Fox, who left Somerset at a young age to join the Union Army, are on display in the Royalton Hartland Community Library, 9 Vernon St., through November...
(The Buffalo News)
Blog Roundup: Three Blogs You May Have Missed. It was a busy week with Hurricane Sandy blasting through town and leaving many Sudbury residents without power. If you're catching up on your news from the week, look no further. Throughout the week Patch's Local Voices bloggers share information, insight and opinion about what matters to them. Here's a selection of blogs from throughout the week. In Not Forgotten: Sudbury Military Support Network Collects for Troops, Thom Kenney talks about collecting food and supplies to send overseas — where he recently returned from as a captain with the U.S. Army...
Korean War vet shares stories during Monticello visit. One of the Cold War's most grueling and bone-chilling battles came to life during a Korean War veteran's recent presentation at the Monticello Senior Center. Harry Burke grew up in Clarkfield, Minnesota, and currently lives in Bloomington. He is prominently featured in the book, "The Last Stand of Fox Company," the story of how his military unit was cut off at the Chosin Reservoir. Burke visited Monticello Oct. 26 and spent more than an hour telling his tale of service to local listeners...
(The Monticello Times)
Photojournalists "Witness" war zones in new HBO series. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some people liken a bad day at work to being in a war zone but for the photojournalists chronicled in HBO's upcoming documentary series "Witness," that's not an exaggeration. The series, which premieres on November 5 and will air every Monday for the rest of the month, follows photojournalists in Mexico, Libya, South Sudan and Brazil as they navigate violence to report issues such as drug trafficking, gang violence, corruption, and ethnic warfare...
(Chicago Tribune)
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According to the Associated Press, an online activist charged with insulting the Bahrain king on Twitter has been sentenced to six months in prison.
"Bahrain has been hit by unrest for nearly 21 months as the island's Shiite Muslim majority seeks a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet," wrote the AP.
Full story here.
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The Grand Prize includes a complete digital camera set, a $1,000 gift certificate and the photo to be featured in an Installation Management Command, Army MWR branded campaign.
Via U.S. Army MWR:
Beginning 1 November, right here on ArmyMWR.com, you can win great prizes by submitting your best photos of Army Life.
So start saving those snapshots from favorite MWR events, memorable homecomings and more!
Weekly winners will be awarded for submitting photos in the following categories:
Theme 1: Army Strong Families
Theme 2: HOOAH Homecomings
Theme 3: Vacation Fun
Theme 4: Patriotic Pets
Theme 5: MWR Moments
Participants may enter at any time during the promotion.
Simply submit photos that fit the week's theme and you will be entered to win!
Grand prize winner will be generated through a random drawing of all photo entries at the conclusion of the promotion.
More information about the photo contest here.
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The battle for Maarat: Using social media to cut through the fog of war. Following Syria's civil war is never easy. The old adage that the first casualty of war is the truth still applies, and such is the relentless brutality it is often difficult to even confirm when an incident took place. But we've been following the Syrian conflict through social media since the beginning, and have developed a number of methods of cutting through the fog of war to get a clearer picture of what's taking place in the embattled state. The recent battle for Maarat al-Numan was a case in point...
(Storyful Blog)
Old tricks, new target: cyber criminals scam soldiers. No one earns their paycheck more than the men and women who defend our country. Scam artists are now using old tricks online on new targets; members of the American military. "When you sign up for the military, it's a sign up for service, and pay is never mentioned as part of the good deal," said U.S. Navy Adm. Robert Natter. Natter spent 41 years in the Navy. From his start at the prestigious Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md, to consulting the Commander in Chief, he admits that the military pay is sufficient as long as thieves can't get a hold of it...
Learn about soldier through diary at Frank House. As part of the Saturday at the Frank House series, Sally Hale of Kearney will present her research on the Franklin Fox Diary. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Frank House on the University of Nebraska at Kearney West Campus. Hale said Fox was a Union soldier in the Civil War, and he volunteered in Michigan. "The Franklin Fox diary was discovered in the Frank House by archivist Rachael Downs," Hale said. "I was then assigned the task of electronically preserving the document."
(Kearney Hub)
Expanded Social Media for Army-Navy Game Presented by USAA. The Army-Navy Game Presented By USAA, already the top football rivalry game in the country, will have an expanded presence on Social Media, leading up to and following the annual service academy matchup. The Army-Navy Game, will take place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Dec. 8 with kickoff set for 3 p.m. Now, fans will have the opportunity to follow and participate in a host of new initiatives surrounding the event. Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube will all be utilized to showcase this rivalry in the weeks leading up to the game as well as on gameday itself...
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This is a heartwarming love story of Sean and Heather Brown.
As reported by the Longview News-Journal, during Heather's pregnancy — and Sean's time of military service in Afghanistan — she slipped into a coma and baby John Brown was born by cesarean section.
People from all over the world are following their story on Facebook.
This week, their Facebook page passed 600,000 likes.
You can follow their story here.
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Fake Photos of Sandy Flood Social Media. No matter what part of the country you're in, it's nearly impossible not to be aware of the devastation and destruction that superstorm Sandy wrought as it pummeled the East Coast of the United States. In fact, with 24-hour news coverage, there are seemingly endless photos and videos being shared via social media. But not all the images -- nor the captions that accompany them -- are real...
(Yahoo! News)
Online daters, be warned! 1 in 10 profiles are scams, report reveals. In many cases, scammers will choose to use pictures of military personnel. After discovering that his headshot consistently showed in hoax dating profiles (thanks to a Google alert), Army Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham set up a personal blog for soldiers to report their photo being used on online dating sites. "Over the past few years, I've seen these scammers use all kinds of photos removed from open Facebook pages, blogs, official military websites, and command pages," he wrote in a blog post last month...
French army wives back pay protest: Facebook campaign to sort out salary chaos Software glitch leaves soldiers owed millions. Wives and partners of French soldiers, many of whom are serving in Afghanistan, launched their protest this month after a rally this year. Inspired by campaign on post-traumatic stress disorder by the wives and partners of US troops, the women posted photographs of themselves on social networks with messages written across their backs, many sceptical that computer software was purely to blame, fearing it was also down to the failings of a cash-strapped French state...
Defence disciplines 15 over Facebook slurs. The Defence Department has taken action against 15 members for posting offensive anti-Islamic comments on a Facebook page in response to violent protests in Sydney last month. Defence said two people had been charged under the Defence Force Discipline Act and given formal reprimands. Administrative action had been taken against another 13 who had been formally counselled. Disciplinary action is continuing against one other member...
(The Sydney Morning Herald)
Is the military ready for zombies? Are our nation's military and emergency personnel prepared for a zombie apocalypse? We'll find out on Halloween, as hordes of zombies attack a counterterrorism summit in California to be attended by Marines and Army and Navy personnel, along with police, firefighters and other first responders, the Associated Press reports...
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Hurricane Sandy came and went here in Northern Virginia.
As the area hunkered down for the storm, soldiers with The Old Guard (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment) kept guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A photo (pictured above) posted to the unit's Facebook page quickly went viral after blogs and news agencies started reporting about the photo.
Via Facebook:
"Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Oct. 29, 2012. Hyde lives by the Sentinel's Creed which in part says "Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my tour in humble reverence to the best of my ability". (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.)"
As of today, the picture has been liked nearly 13,000 times, shared more than 14,000 times on Facebook, and has nearly 1,000 comments.
Source: This Ain't Hell
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(The Sydney Morning Herald)
Author of Book on Bin Laden Raid Says Tech, Social Media are Key Elements of Story. When history looks back on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, its primary focus will likely be on the American decision to send special forces into Pakistan to attack Bin Laden's complex. As the first few books on the subject start to hit the shelves though, it is becoming clear that the role of tech and social media will be remembered as a prominent part of the story as well...
Project records tales of Illinois veterans of World War II and Korean War. The stories of more than a dozen Illinois veterans who fought in World War II and the Korean War will be preserved at the Library of Congress. Court reporters, attorneys and others volunteered their time Friday to record the veterans' recollections at Lake County Circuit Court...
(The Republic)
Vietnamese-Americans try to save elders' stories. The knock came at night more than 30 years ago. Hugo Van, then a young man, had a chance to flee newly communist Vietnam and walk to freedom. There were no guarantees, but Van didn't hesitate to take the risk. With a few hundred dollars, he and his younger sister got a car ride to a Vietnamese village, then a boat to Cambodia and began the trek across barren land until they were caught by Cambodian soldiers...
The Gulf War, one sailors story. I enlisted in the Navy on the 2/2/1990, I disscharged on 4/2/1992. When first told we were to go to the Persian Gulf, we knew that this could result in war action being taken. So we were sent home with instructions to make a will, tell no one and end any relationship that was not serious. This I did with the only person in confidence being my father. I also ended a relationship I was currently in and returned to the ship to prepare it and us for the task ahead...
(Fraser Coast Chronicle)
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Very few western journalists have been able to report from the frontlines of the Syrian war.
New York Times contributing reporter Janine Di Giovanni is one of those few journalists.
NYT has posted a video on YouTube with Di Giovanni showing some of the footage she's captured with government soldiers as well as an interview between her and Deputy Foreign Editor Michael Slackman.
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Military history is popular with Twitter users, especially when the Twitter account reports the events as if they were happening in real-time years and years later.
It's been awhile since I've written about a military history Twitter feed, having come across only a handful in the last couple years, but many of those that are online, do well in terms of readership.
Take for example, @RealTimeWWII, which was launched in August 2011 and live tweets World War 2 events. Today, @RealTimeWWII has over 260,000 followers on Twitter and nearly 8,000 Facebook Likes.
The newest military history feed making headlines is @1812now, which its author, Fernando Souza, is using Twitter to trace the events of 1812.
The feed not only covers the year's military events, but other facts as well.
According to a story in Daily Dot, "Souza was inspired to start work on @1812now after discovering @RealtimeWWII, which tweets about events from World War II as closely as possible to the time in which they occurred 72 years prior. He thought that he could do a similar feed for 1812. It's like Trivial Pursuit unfolding on Twitter."
If you're interested in other military history feeds, I've put together a collection of accounts for you.
24-year old Alwyn Collinson is a former history student at Oxford University. Alwyn launched a Twitter feed that reports World War II events as though they were happening in real-time, 72-years later.
A fictional Civil war newspaper reporter. According to the bio, the National Park Service sponsors the Twitter feed so followers can experience events as they happen.
Events as they happen two hundred years ago today.
The messages center on those who served on the home front of North Carolina during the Civil War, including the perspective of an escaped slave.
The Delaware Public Archives tweets entries taken from the diary of Delaware soldier Cyrus Forwood who fought during the Civil War.
The life of a World War I soldier who served in the British Army.
A Roman re-enactor commemorates the arrival of thousands of Roman soldiers invading Northern England nearly 2,000 years ago by tweeting. The account still online, but hasn't been active since July 2011.
If you've come across other Twitter feeds you'd like to share, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
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(Huffington Post)
On Facebook, IDF illustrates Palestinian violence - with photo from Bahrain. On October 17, the Israeli military posted the above infographic on its Facebook page. The image includes a photograph of a young masked man holding a firebomb and featuring statistics regarding the number of firebomb attacks against Israelis in the West Bank since the start of 2012. The Israeli military urges Facebook users to share the image "because the mainstream media will not." In fact, the mainstream media did share this photo extensively – in its coverage of protests in Bahrain...
(+972 Magazine)
Stories From the War- Bringing Memories to Life . Every day we capture our lives in images. These digital snapshots tell us a great deal about ourselves, the people who surround us, and our environment. They provide context to a series of fleeting moments. The technology of today provides us the ability to capture an astonishing amount of imagery that often lays hidden on our computers, camera chips, or DVD's. As our personal visual collections grow each year, they are eventually stored away- hidden in the dark reaches of our closets or lost within stacks of CD's piled high in the corner of the room. This article is about uncovering one of those personal stories, and bringing it to life...
(CNN iReport)
World War II vets become living historians. WAUKEGAN — Diane Kumala Vojcanin and her siblings are no strangers to their father's stories of World War II, but they wanted to ensure that Ray Kumala's memories went beyond an oral tradition. "My dad's a great storyteller," she said. "He'd either read us a book or he'd tell his three daughters a story — we heard his 'good stories' from the Navy."
(Lake County News-Sun)
Author inspired by Langley Park men in the Great War. A FATHER helping his son with his school history project on the First World War has ended up as a full-sized historical novel. Eric Collinson, 65, was researching the Durham Light Infantry involvement in The Great War for his son's project, but found himself absorbed in the story. Mr Collinson said: "Five years later I was still doing it so I thought I've got enough information here to write a book"...
(From The Northern Echo)
What Tumblr can tell us about the future of media. If there was any doubt left that Tumblr is trying to become more of a mainstream media entity, albeit with its own odd twist, it was removed recently when the service hired bloggers to cover the Republican and Democratic national conventions in a kind of Tumblr-style stab at political journalism. But that's just one side of the equation: while Tumblr is becoming more like the traditional media, many media outlets also seem to be working hard to become more like Tumblr — not only adopting the platform, but taking on a lot of its characteristics as well, including a fascination for animated GIFs and memes. You could argue about whether that's good or bad for journalism, but there's no question it is happening...
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I received an email from multi media artist Derek Eland yesterday, advising me that he has launched a blog called "In Our Own Words".
Eland writes, "Hi, I'm a British artist who spent a month in Afghanistan in 2011 as an official war artist. I set up 'Diary Rooms' on the front line and asked soldiers to write a postcard about their experiences. I've now started a blog about my time in Afghanistan and am publishing one handwritten story a day for a year."
According to the blog the resulting exhibition called 'In Our Own Words' is on show at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth until March 2013.
The first handwritten story was published on October 1, 2012 and reads:
I am that which others did not want to be,
I did what others did not want to do,
and went where others feared to go,
I have felt the blistering cold,
Stared death in the face,
and enjoyed only a moments love,
Even tho no one cares who i am or what I've done,
I can honestly say
I am proud of what i am!
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Patch Wins 3 Awards for Military Reporting. Local Patch sites won 24 awards Tuesday night in the San Diego Press Club's 39th annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. Camp Pendleton Patch won three awards...
WWII vet dies at age 93 after casting last ballot. A World War II veteran who inspired many with his determination to vote even though he had end-stage liver cancer died Wednesday. Frank Tanabe's daughter Barbara Tanabe said he died at her Honolulu home, where he has spent the past few weeks in hospice. He was 93. Barbara Tanabe said she put the American flag up outside the home to mark the day for him and their family. "He really liked it when I put out the flag," she said. Hundreds of thousands of people saw a photo of Frank Tanabe filling out his absentee ballot with the help of his daughter last week, after his grandson posted the picture on the social media site Reddit...
Taking power through technology in the Arab Spring. The Internet can make that which is on the opposite end of the world seem very local. Yet this can both distort or amplify reality. For example, while the recent "Innocence of Muslims" video served as a catalyst for the dissatisfaction felt toward the lack of Western support toward the Arab world, the protests and riots would not have occurred without YouTube and Vimeo. The ways by which newer and older media come together can turn slander into reality, changing what counts as truth in today's world...
(Al Jazeera English)
Ceremony to commemorate the arrival of FNDY Squad Engine 270. The Americans in Wartime Museum invites you to attend a special ceremony at 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, to commemorate the arrival of FNDY Squad Engine 270. The ceremony will be held at Sean T. Connaughton Community Plaza, 3 County Complex Court, Prince William, Virginia, near Prince William County's 9-11 Memorial. The FDNY vehicle, which was on scene at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, will become part of the Museum's permanent collection and will honor those who served and sacrificed on 9/11...
(Americans in Wartime Museum)
City courthouse dig tells Civil War story. Call it "Building X." What remains of it lay, buried and long forgotten until now, beside today's Fredericksburg City Hall where a new courthouse will soon rise. Now, thanks to intense scrutiny by archaeologists and local researchers in recent weeks, you can add this once-substantial row house to the casualties of the Battle of Fredericksburg...
Syria: activists mobilise to free jailed cartoonist. Cyber activists in Syria are campaigning for the release of jailed cartoonist Akram Raslan, who was reportedly arrested in the city of Hama on the 2nd October. Blogger "The Syrian" believes he was taken in for questioning over one of his recent anti Bashar al-Assad drawings. The cartoon illustrated one of the slogans used by pro-government militia the Shabiha, which would rather see the country put to fire and the sword than see the president leave office...
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I first wrote about Kyle Miller back in early April 2012.
The teenager had set out on an ambitious plan, as part of his Eagle Scout Project, to capture in writing and record on tape the stories of 1,000 veterans.
At the time, he had captured four stories with 17 others in the pipeline.
Based on my latest count, he has over 2 dozen stories recorded according to Voices from the Front, a website he set up to help reach his goal with help from volunteers.
Yesterday, Kyle's story was one of the top stories on NBC.
Reporter Rehema Ellis writes:
"Kyle Miller hasn't been around long enough to have much of his own history, but at 16, he's deeply involved in the military history that others created.
When he was 12, Kyle, a Boy Scout, joined a group for World War II veterans. He was so fascinated by their stories that he became their archivist. Now he's taken on an even bigger task to make certain their stories are around forever."
If you'd like to help Kyle reach his goal, visit Voices from the Front to learn more.
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Before I get started, I should say that Sgt. Robert Larson has been found safe and has returned home.
Army Times has the story about social media and how it has helped someone in the military.
Here are the highlights:
- Sgt. Robert Larson suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury
- Fort Jackson media relations officer Patrick Jones confirmed that Rob has a history of behavioral challenges associated with his injury
- Rob and his wife Pamela Larson met during a deployment to Iraq; she suffered a gunshot wound while serving in 2005 as a mechanic with the 54th Engineer Battalion in Ramadi, Iraq
- Sgt. Robert Larson went missing Oct. 6
- Pamela Larson set up a "Help Find Sgt. Robert Larson" Facebook page that she updated daily
- She chronicled every meeting with law enforcement and her husband's chain of command, while thousands of followers sent in tips and expressed their support for her husband
- On Oct 15. Sgt. Larson returned home safely
- His cousin had found him camping out in a forest near his Minnesota hometown
- The "Help Find Sgt. Robert Larson" Facebook page had collected 11,831 "likes" as of press time, with some posts garnering more than 5,000 "likes" and upward of 800 comments.
- Though the tips sent in didn't pan out, Pamela said she took comfort in knowing how many people are on her side
At the time of this story, the Facebook page has nearly 12,000 likes.
Full story here.
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The photo of a 93-year old World War II veteran placing his last vote from his deathbed is wildly popular on Reddit this week.
The photo (seen above) was submitted 4 days ago and at the time of this story has reached nearly 600,000 views.
The following message accompanied the photo:
"My grandfather is proud of having voted in every single presidential election since he was awarded his citizenship in order to serve during WWII. Here he is, 93 years old and on his deathbed, with my aunt helping him fill out one last ballot."
The Associated Press reports the picture is of Frank Tanabe getting help from his daughter Barbara Tanabe filling out his absentee ballot in Honolulu.
According to the AP, "Tanabe volunteered to join the Army from behind barbed wire at the Tule Lake internment camp in California. He was pulled out of college at the University of Washington and taken to the camp when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered 110,000 Japanese-Americans detained and isolated after the start of the war with Japan."
The thread on Reddit has over 700 comments posted.
The top comments on Imgur include, "True Patriotism", "That man is America. Amen." and "Thank you, Citizen."
For the full news story, go here.
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Now, M.O.B. might stand for Member of Bloods -- the gang Suge has been affiliated with since he was a child growing up in Compton, a largely black suburb in South-Central Los Angeles. The Bloods and their eternal enemies, the Crips, long battled on the streets of Los Angeles. (They've had a truce for nearly two years.) In Compton, gang territories are well delineated and Suge grew up in Bloods' land. The eight or so guys he still hangs with, friends since elementary school, also wear M.O.B. rings, although Suge's is bigger and has more jewels.


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59'Off, Febian Brandy. On, Sam Baldock.
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48'Off, Sardor Mirzayev. On, Kenja Turaev.
46'Off, Matthew Briggs. On, Jordan Parkes.
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42'Uzbekistan captain Sunatilla Mamadaliyev tries his luck with a shot from 30 yards, but it drifts well over Elliott Parish's goal.
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30'Kieran Trippier's free-kick into the area is just inches too high for Martin Kelly at the far post.
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10'It's been a fairly even opening to the game, with England perhaps just shading it but with the teams looking to figure each other out. The closest anyone has been is Alex Nimely, whose angled shot went just wide of the post.
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Simply put, the University of Houston men's basketball team has been an enigma for decades. Call it the "Curious Case of Cougar Basketball." I mean, who could forget the program's heyday when the collegiate dunking frat, Phi Slamma Jama, sped up and ruled the game by attacking the rim with their high-flying, gravity-defying, 'Oh, man did you see that!? Dunks, stuffs, jams and alleys? And what about the epic matchup between UH and Louisville's "Doctors of Dunk" in the '83 NCAA semis? The way they played the game arguably changed the way the game was played from that point on—above the rim. After that, bball fans were treated to the kind of aerial wizardry they'd never seen before. Let's face it, there's no move more electrifying in the game than the SLAM dunk.
Houston went all the way to the title game that next year, but lost to N.C. State and cemented Jimmy Valvano's legendary frenzied scurry all over the court into sports lore. Two members of that historic team, Clyde "The Glide" Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon, went on to spectacular careers in the L and earned bids into the Hall of Fame. So it would stand to reason that the '84 Coogs would open the doors for many more appearances by future squads in the tourney.
But then things fell apart.
UH didn't make it back to the NCAAs until '92 after bouncing around in irrelevance and then disappeared again like David Copperfield. Poof. Gone. Forgotten.
But why?
Houston has long been a breeding ground for basketball talent—heck, Yates, a prominent program for insane athletes, is only a few city blocks away—but UH didn't have the name brand program to lure homegrown talent to its doorstep (case in point: they only recently got showers in their locker room after going six years without) and nationally-ranked recruits? Fuggetaboutit.
As so it was, years and years of mediocrity and virtually nothing to show for its Division I status. Sure, they've had the occasional guy make it into the League like Damon Jones, Bo Outlaw and Carl Herrera, but the program was…just…not…good.
Six years ago, they hired embattled coach Tom Penders, a 36-year coaching vet who'd manned the bench at UT, George Washington, Fordham, Tufts and Columbia with the hopes of getting the hoops house in order, but there were no real advancements and, of course, no dancin' in March.
But this year UH turned the tide and romped their way through the Conference USA tournament, beating East Carolina, Memphis, Southern Miss and UTEP—four teams in four days—and captured the C-USA title and an automatic bid in the NCAAs after an 18-year drought. Is it any wonder why they were jumping for joy afterward like they'd just won the lotto?
"I've been to the NCAA tournament before," Penders said. "But this is great for the kids, the UH faithful, the real fans and the students. There are a lot of UH haters around here that went to UT or A&M, so this is a sad day for them."
Indeed. No one outside of the UH locker room believed they'd make it to the Tourney, and with good reason. You don't usually make it to the dance with a 19-15 overall record. Just look at their first round opponent Maryland. They come in with a 23-8 record and the support of the basketball think-tank, who simply see Houston as an afterthought, a minor blip on the radar, a warm-up game.
"We have to work twice as hard as everyone else," Penders said. "So we're going to be tougher than everyone else. We're the tough guys. And in NCAA tournaments, you see No. 8 seeds beat No. 1 seeds all the time. Elvin Hayes talked to our team and told them to 'reach up and go get that star' because no one is going to just give it to you. We're making the players believe in what we're doing and when we're healthy, we're a very good team."
The Cougars left for Spokane today with that gleam in their eyes and they're well rested after playing four games back-to-back to scrap for a seat at the NCAA table. They've gotten the joy of just being there out of the way; they've practiced and studied ACC Player of the Year Greivis Vasquez and the Terps with acute detail and caution; worked on defensive and offensive sets; dug deep, sweated and shot jumpers and layups and free throws over and over and over. But now they're ready to eat, they're hungry, they're going into Veterans Memorial Arena as the clear underdog and they're raving mad about it, especially the nation's leading scorer, Aubrey Coleman. He's got a lot to prove on the biggest stage, as does Penders, who lately, was on the chopping block fighting for his job. Do they have the slightest chance? Who knows? But that's the great thing about the NCAAs. We love the upsets. We love the Cinderellas. We love the sheer excitement that comes with the one-and-dones. We love that pure college basketball.
So as the Coogs step into the arena to keep scratching their way into back to relevance, March Madness nation will be watching with filled-in brackets in hand.


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The musicians of Cool Black Kettle play an array of classic and contemporary rock while many Johnsville Historic Ski Bowl supporters dance at the 20th annual SnowBall. Members of the community came together at Nakoma Golf Resort for a night of fundraising and celebration for the ongoing ski hill renovation.Photo by Carolyn Carter |
The Johnsville Historic Ski Bowl has been the topic of conversation this winter, and the Eastern Plumas Recreation District (EPRD) is reaching the peak of its fundraising effort and soon it will be downhill from there.
On March 2, members of the community showed that the project will not be over until it's over at the 20th annual Johnny Redstreake SnowBall at Nakoma Golf Resort.
The night of festivities brought in many ski hill enthusiasts looking for a good time and an opportunity to contribute to the cause.
According to Plumas Ski Club member Chris Murray the ski hill has been out of commission since 2000. Three years ago EPRD purchased the operating agreement for the hill, and the group has been raising funds ever since.
When the lift was operational there were only outdated surface tows available to transport people to the top of the ski runs. EPRD has since acquired a chair lift and two surface tows from Squaw Valley.
According to EPRD board member Dan Gallagher, the engineering process is still under way.
In the last three years EPRD has received more than $373,000 toward the project, well over half the funds needed to finish the renovations. Gallagher said EPRD sees this year as the year to open the hill.
Not only was this the 20th anniversary of the SnowBall, it also marks the 150th anniversary of the first organized ski competition at Johnsville in 1863.
"It's like roulette," said Gallagher. "All of the numbers just add up."
Gallagher also said the SnowBall generally brings in as much as $20,000 toward the project. With more than 80 silent auction items including fine wines, Giants tickets and many gift certificates from local businesses and restaurants, members of the public had many chances to contribute to the cause while also winning a treat for themselves.
The SnowBall also offered a night of decadent dining thanks to the collaboration of four of the area's top chefs and two local breweries. The members of Cool Black Kettle provided ample opportunities for attendees to dance and enjoy their classic and contemporary rock music.
The coveted prizes of the night were reserved for the live auction. Many participants vied for the $3,500 all-expense-paid trip to Posada San Carlos, Mexico, and the 14-foot genuine longboard skis.
Though the event is over, the fundraising does not stop. Gallagher said EPRD would be launching its Purchase a Chair campaign. Members of the community will be invited to buy one of the 104 lift chairs for $1,000. Sponsors will have cedar plaques with their name on them for future ski hill participants to see.
For more information on the ski hill or how to contribute visit skijohnsville.com.
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I swear there is a race like this once a week out here now. One of my clients has done the Rhino Night Race and the Badass Dash in just the past few weeks. I guess the popularity of these will keep more and more of them popping up. They all seem to be the same basic thing though with just a different name thrown on it.
Pensacola Mud Run.. http://www.pensacolamudrun.com/ Was stoked about doing this till I found out it's probably during the UF-LSU game.
There is also http://www.avagomudrun.com/ in Tallahassee if it suits the scheduling issues with football or makes it any easier for folks in the area in regards to travel. Its a 5k mud run a few miles east of Tally within 2-3 miles of I-10 October 19th Im doing the Central Florida Tough Mudder Nov 2nd and driving back to Tally right after to make the Miami/FSU tailgate/game. (cant get to the UGA/UF game)
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In developing countries, especially in rural areas where there is no grid electricity, the introduction of fuel cells could make a big difference. Because of the ability to store energy as hydrogen or hydrocarbons, communities that are not connected to a grid could become more self sufficient in energy terms. Energy can be saved from renewable source for use at later times, although a fresh water supply is needed to create hydrogen. Many Renewables are most effective during summer months, and energy is needed most during winter months. Even hydroelectric is often combined with irrigation, meaning the maximum electricity production is in the warmest months. Hydrogen storage could offer a scale of storage unfeasible with batteries.
Even without storage small fuel cells running on bottled hydrogen or LPG could be used to provide backup power for essential equipment, replacing existing generators which are less efficient and reliable.
Many other applications of fuel cells have been extensively documented. Batteries in laptops or mobile phones could be replaced by fuel cells, enabling instant recharging. Cars, lorries, buses, trains and even planes could all use fuel cells to power electric motors. Fuel cells are already used in space applications, to power provide electrical power on satellites and shuttles. In fact, the water produced by the fuel cells is so clean it is used as drinking water. Perhaps the most common application of fuel cells, although generally not recognised as such, is their use in hand held "breathalyzers". Here the alcohol in the subject's breath generates a small voltage, proportional to blood alcohol levels.
Fuel Cells in Rural South Africa
Intelligent Energy has conducted a trial of fuel cells in this application, and found they were extremely reliable in harsh conditions.


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Free Online Poker Games Guide To The Most Important Poker Skill Of All Time
Posted in Latest News on 03/31/2011 01:09 pm by wpadminWhether you play free online poker games or play for cash poker can get to be a bit of an obsession and you soon realize that to succeed your desire to win, on its own is not enough, you need to know a lot about the game to win regularly. So yes, you need skills, lots of skills and type of skill yet even then it's all of limited use unless you play well below your skill level unless you have, in bucket loads, the worlds most important skill (not just good for poker), which, of course, is patience.
Perhaps it will sound like a given, but I really don't think players getting started (plus more experienced ones even) realize exactly how patient you have to be or how one hasty move can seriously compromise a hand and ruin your entire day.
A luxury if you play poker online is that you don't have the tension generated by having to take a seat across from someone while they try to stare you down, look for physical tells you might give away or try to intimidate you with witty banter.
But, whenever you play even free poker online, you need to wait for other people to make a decision inside the time they are allotted and certain people do love to take their time!
When you think about it a tournament of 500 players can last for hours more than it might need to because players like to wait until the last minute to decide what they are going to do. For example, if 10 players on a table each have 30 seconds per move and each one takes 25 seconds to make their move then you will have 225 seconds between turns.
Which makes it over 3 minutes before your turn comes around again. Due to this it is easy to get terribly irritated and make stupid moves which could set you back a large pot and most, if not all, of your chips. For a strategy this type of slow move play is pretty brilliant. This is a legal way to use time as a weapon against other players.
In order to combat what I like to call the 'slower' player method (and train your patience) you can take these steps:
1) Get a comfortable chair to sit in.
2) Make sure you have plenty of time to play
3) Stand-up and walk around to keep your blood flowing and your energy up.
You may not have considered patience as a skill in the past, but I assure you it is one of the best assets you can ever have in your little book of poker skills.
If you are a newcomer to poker, first learn to play and develop your patience as well as game skills. To begin with play poker online for free at one of the best free online poker sites. Here you can learn to play poker free for free with no risk to your own money and start building a bankroll to cash in for real money when you are all set bigtime and play poker online to win money.


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Confucius Institute's 2nd Annual Chinese Culture Festival 9/18 to 9/28
Friday, September 13th, 2013Enjoy this 10 day festival and learn more about all aspects of Chinese culture. Most events are free. I attended some of the activities last year (lectures, concerts, health day) which were informative and fun.
More info: Confucius.arizona.edu.
And in case you haven't seen it yet, check out "Han and Beyond – the Renaissance of China: The James Conley Collection" showing till 6/30/14 at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main. More at tucsonmuseumofart.org.


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Chip Scoggins is a Star Tribune sports columnist. He has temporarily returned to cover the Minnesota Vikings. He had the beat from 2008-2011 after covering college football for five years. Chip has been with the Star Tribune since January 2000. He can be followed on twitter at @chipscoggins.
Find Chip on Facebook.Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
The morning after the Vikings 23-20 overtime win over the Bears, we take a look at the snap distribution on offense and defense
Offense: 86 snaps
QB Matt Cassel – 61 snaps (played 71% on offense)
QB Christian Ponder – 25 (29%)
Ponder left the game due to concussion symptoms right before halftime, but the offense was more effective under Cassel, who's responsible for all three wins this season.
Cassel went 20 of 33 for 243 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He finished with an 80.7 quarterback rating. Ponder was 3 of 8 for 40 yards.
Running Back/Fullback
RB Adrian Peterson – 78 (91%)
FB Jerome Felton – 38 (44%)
RB Toby Gerhart – 7 (8%)
It took the Vikings five possessions to take advantage of the Bears worst-ranked run defense in the NFL. But once they started, they relied heavily on the shoulders of Peterson, who had 35 carries for 211 yards (both season highs).
Peterson was healthy enough where the team didn't use Gerhart as much compared to last week against the Packers where Peterson played 65 of the team's 81 snaps (Gerhart spotted him on 14 plays).
Wide Receiver/Tight End
TE John Carlson – 78 (91%)
WR Greg Jennings – 50 (58%)
WR Cordarrelle Patterson – 48 (56%)
TE Rhett Ellison – 45 (52%)
WR Jerome Simpson – 40 (47%)
WR Jarius Wright – 31 (36%)
TE Chase Ford – 10 (12%)
WR Joe Webb – 5 (6%)
Something about Cassel brings out the best in Jennings. He caught his third touchdown this season, all thrown by Cassel, and led the team with seven receptions for 78 yards. Jennings had just one catch for two yards with Ponder. Carlson also had a solid game with four receptions for 61 yards.
Patterson started over Simpson for the third straight week and received a season-high 48 snaps. He's had over 40 reps in three straight games, but the rookie finished with one catch for four yards. Patterson did, however, score on a 33-yard run in the second quarter
Offensive Line
G Charlie Johnson – 86 (100%)
C John Sullivan – 86 (100%)
T Phil Loadholt – 86 (100%)
G Brandon Fusco – 86 (100%)
T Matt Kalil – 86 (100%)
As it's been for most of the season, the starting unit played the entire game against the Bears. Cassel and Ponder were sacked a combined five times in the game (Bears defensive end Julius Peppers had 2.5 sacks), but the Vikings ran for 283 yards.
Defense: 66 snaps
Defensive Line
DE Jared Allen – 58 (88%)
DE Brian Robison – 56 (85%)
DT Kevin Williams – 45 (68%)
DE Everson Griffen – 33 (50%)
NT Letroy Guion – 29 (44%)
NT Fred Evans – 22 (33%)
DT Sharrif Floyd – 21 (32%)
The front line had three of the team's four sacks (Allen, Robison and Floyd) and hurried Bears quarterback Josh McCown six times.
Guion had five fewer snaps than he did in his return last week against the Packers (34). Evans, who had 17 reps last week, played more as a result.
LB Audie Cole – 66 (100%)
LB Chad Greenway – 64 (97%)
LB Marvin Mitchell – 20 (30%)
LB Larry Dean – 2 (3%)
Although he was suited up on the sideline, linebacker Erin Henderson did not play for a second consecutive game. He missed last week's game due a personal issue, which was revealed Henderson was arrested for an alleged DWI on Nov. 19.
Cole replaced Henderson last week in his first career start and has played the entire game in consecutive weeks. He had nine tackles and a pass deflection.
Greenway left the game during the overtime session due to a wrist injury he's played through for over a month, but he only missed two plays. He tied for a team-high 10 tackles, three for loss, and a sack.
FS Andrew Sendejo – 66 (100%)
CB Xavier Rhodes – 66 (100%)
SS Jamarca Sanford – 66 (100%)
SS Robert Blanton – 45 (68%)
CB Chris Cook – 43 (65%)
CB Marcus Sherels – 24 (36%)
Rhodes put together another good game with six tackles, one for loss, and a nice pass deflection in the end zone against Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall.
Cook was ejected for making contact with an official after allowing a 46-yard touchdown to wide receiver Alshon Jeffery in the third quarter. It left a thin unit to rely on Sherels, who typically plays a spot corner, to play opposite of Rhodes and Blanton as the nickel corner.
Jeffery broke the Bears' franchise record with 249 receiving yards. He also had 12 receptions and two touchdowns, both against Cook.
The Vikings have a 13-7 halftime lead over the Packers at Lambeau Field. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scored on a one-yard touchdown with 50 seconds left in the half to give the Vikings their first lead. He has 14 carries for 72 yards and a touchdown.
The good: Vikings linebacker Audie Cole made the most of his first career start during the first half. He recorded his first career sack on the first play of the game and led the team with five tackles (four solo).
The Vikings also didn't commit a penalty in the first half. The Packers have two for 20 yards.
The bad: The Vikings defense didn't tackle well again, particularly against Packers running back Eddie Lacy. He broke tackles on practically every carry, dragging defenders in the process. Lacy has 13 carries for 62 yards
Vikings offensive tackle Matt Kalil couldn't handle Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who had two sacks in the first half. Kalil hardly made any contact with Matthews on his first sack. Ponder was sacked three times in the first half.
The ugly: Packers quarterback Scott Tolzien looked like Johnny Manziel on his six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Vikings defensive end Brian Robison bit on Tolzien's pump fake, then Vikings defensive tackle Letroy Guion whiffed at Tolizen's video game spin move while he dived into the end zone.
Tolzien went 7 of 15 for 98 yards. He also had two carries for 25 yards and a touchdown.
Aaaaand …. here we go! In many ways, the Vikings' 2013 season officially gets underway Friday – first training camp walkthrough at 10:30 a.m., first practice at 2:45 in Mankato. And yes we know a lot can and will happen between now and Sept. 8, the day the Vikings open the regular season at Detroit. But taking the 90 players currently on the roster, we're delivering our in-depth position-by-position report as a primer for the opening of camp.
Currently on roster: 16
Likely to make opening day roster: 9
Certain to make the team: Jared Allen, Kevin Williams, Brian Robison, Everson Griffen, Sharrif Floyd, Letroy Guion, Fred Evans
On the bubble: Christian Ballard, Lawrence Jackson, Everett Dawkins, D'Aundre Reed, George Johnson
Practice squad candidates: Chase Baker, Anthony McCloud
Camp depth: Collins Ukwu, Marquis Jackson
Biggest offseason developments: The Vikings were stunned when star defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, widely projected as a top 5 pick for April's draft, was still on the board when they came on the clock at No. 23. They didn't hesitate a second in making Floyd their top pick, the first of three first-rounders they nabbed. … The Vikings also restructured the contract of defensive tackle Kevin Williams, reducing his 2013 pay by $2 million and eliminating the 2014 season from his current deal.
What we'll be watching: Allen and Robison were each hampered significantly in 2012 by injuries. Allen dealt with a torn labrum in his left shoulder and a meniscus issue in his left knee for most of the season. And Robison played through an elbow injury for most of the year before a severely sprained shoulder hindered his mobility even more for the final two regular season games and the playoffs.
Those physical setbacks were a partial reason the team's sack total dipped from 50 in 2011 to 44 last season. But now both veteran ends feel as if they are back at full strength and aiming to stay as fresh as they can.
Allen's disdain for the dog days of training camp are well documented. And he figures to add at least a couple of quips weekly to reinforce those sentiments. So it won't be a surprise if the coaching staff ends up giving Allen several afternoons off during the stay in Mankato to keep him fresh physically and mentally.
On the interior, once the pads come on, we'll be eager to see just how quickly Floyd adapts and excels in the middle of the defense. And it will also be a big camp for Guion, the incumbent starter at nose tackle who will have to fend off Evans to retain that role.
Star Tribune offseason excerpt:
All in all, Allen feels terrific. He's re-energized. He's dedicated. He's eyeing a dominant 2013 and believes he has three or four more good seasons left.
But there is also an intriguing subplot lurking.
In April, Allen turned 31. Two months earlier, he had surgeries to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder and a meniscus problem in his right knee. And, oh yeah, he has entered the final year in his six-year contract.
So with all factors considered, could this really be Jared Allen's last season as a Minnesota Viking? A farewell tour?
To be clear, that's not Allen's desire. But it could be his reality. Which is why he refuses to spend much time thinking about life beyond January.
"I pray about it," Allen said. "I talk to my wife. And we'll end up going where the good Lord takes us. But I don't know where that path is headed."
-- May 24
Defensive end Lawrence Jackson and cornerback Jacob Lacey are now officially Minnesota Vikings. The team announced the signing of both veterans Monday morning, adding additional depth and reinforcement to their defense.
Jackson agreed to his contract with the Vikings in the middle of last week with the deal finalized today. He comes to the Twin Cities following a three-year stop in Detroit, where he played 37 games as a back-up end. Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman had familiarity with Jackson from within the division and saw an opportunity to find another pass-rushing option as the Vikings head into the 2013 season with the team's top three ends -- Jared Allen, Brian Robison and Everson Griffen -- all in the final year of their contracts.
Spielman said on Friday that Jackson was given a one-year deal, which has been the organization's m.o. the past two offseasons with many of their second-tier free agent signings. That gives the Vikings a low-risk opportunity to look at Jackson as a pass rusher in 2013 as they then begin to decide what to do up front going forward with so much uncertainty surrounding the futures of Allen, Griffen and Robison.
Jackson, originally a first-round pick by Seattle in 2008, made 24 starts in his first two NFL seasons with the Seahawks. He has 19.5 career sacks to go along with 141 tackles. He was traded to Detroit in the summer of 2010 in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick.
Lacey, meanwhile, also arrives from Detroit where he made nine starts last season, recording 36 tackles and a Week 11 interception of Aaron Rodgers.
Lacey began his career in Indianapolis, signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent following the 2009 draft. He spent three years there working with secondary coach Alan Williams, who is now entering his second season as the Vikings defensive coordinator.
As we noted this morning, the Vikings have been searching for solutions at slot corner since releasing Antoine Winfield last month and failing to re-sign him. Lacey may now find his opening to make a bid for that role.
-- The Vikings released punter T.J. Conley on Monday afternoon, two days after drafting left-footed punter Jeff Locke out of UCLA. Conley was signed in January as a street free agent. He was with the Jets in 2011 but cut before the start of last season and was out of the NFL during the 2012 season.
With Locke selected in the fifth round Saturday, veteran Chris Kluwe is widely figured to be on the ropes as the Vikings eye a new direction at the position.


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Thursday 3 September 2009
Please join the campaign by agreeing with the following statement on the science and management of coral reef ecosystems in a changing climate.
Professor J.E.N Veron, the former Chief Scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and widely regarded as the world's leading authority on coral reef ecosystems, presented the effects that climate change is having on coral reefs.
His presentation can be found below:
'Is the Great Barrier Reef on Death Row?' (41.2 MB) - Charlie Veron's presentation at the Royal Society on 6th July 2009
Video of Charlie Veron's presentation
The following statement was then agreed by the technical workshop of leading world marine and climate change scientists, hosted by ZSL, IPSO and the Royal Society.
Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse habitats of the oceans and provide essential ecosystem goods and services to hundreds of millions of people.
Temperature‐induced mass coral bleaching causing widespread mortality on the Great Barrier Reef and many other reefs of the world started when atmospheric CO2 exceeded 320ppm.
At today's level of ~ 387ppm CO2, reefs are seriously declining and time‐lagged effects will result in their continued demise with parallel impacts on other marine and coastal ecosystems.
Proposals to limit CO2 levels to 450ppm will not prevent the catastrophic loss of coral reefs from the combined effects of global warming and ocean acidification.
To ensure the long‐term viability of coral reefs the atmospheric CO2 level must be reduced significantly below 350ppm.
In addition to major reductions in CO2 emissions, achieving this safe level will require the active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Given the above, ecosystem‐based management of other direct human induced stresses on coral reefs, such as over‐fishing, destructive fishing, coastal pollution and sedimentation, will be essential for the survival of coral reefs on which so many people depend.
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Citizens Union Bank is celebrating its 125th anniversary this week with special events at all branches and community service projects.
To honor its customers, the bank is holding week-long customer appreciation celebrations at all branches, including Elizabethtown, Radcliff and Hodgenville. Treats and goodies are available Tuesday through Friday and all customers are invited.
The celebration culminates with an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the company's main office, 1854 Midland Trail in Shelbyville.
Although the federal legislation creating the Affordable Care Act was aggressively opposed by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, that organization is embracing the task of helping businesses adapt to sweeping insurance changes.
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Cosmetic dentistry patients could soon be given new bridges which are much stronger than those currently available.
Scientists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena have developed a cosmetic bridge from a new kind of glass ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure. They explained that the substance was particularly useful for dental work due to its appearance and strength. "We achieve a strength five times higher than with comparable denture ceramics available today," said glass chemist Dr Christian Russel, who led the research. He stated that teeth, and thus dentures and cosmetic inlays, need to be very hard as they are operated by some of the strongest muscles in the body. With this in mind, Dr Russel added that it was difficult to find suitable materials that were both strong enough and had the required cosmetic appeal. According to the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 32 per cent of the British population are unhappy with the "look of their teeth."
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