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Check yards and gardens for grasshopper injury
Now is the time to check yards and gardens for injury from grasshoppers, UNL entomologists say.
"We are seeing grasshopper injury more commonly in many Nebraska yards and gardens," said Bob Wright, UNL entomologist.
The potential for grasshopper damage increases as summer progresses, said Ron Seymour, UNL Extension educator in Adams County.
"Adult grasshoppers will be more likely to move into yards and gardens in July and August," he said. "Severe problems may arise when adjacent agricultural crops or grasslands mature or are harvested and grasshoppers move to find new food sources."
Grasshoppers show a preference for flowers and some garden vegetables, such as lettuce, beans and sweet corn. However, when populations are high they will feed on nearly all garden vegetables, as well as trees and shrubs, Wright said.
Grasshopper management can be effective and practical if the area to be protected is relatively small and isolated; however, protecting a garden from grasshoppers moving out of a large area of adjacent grassland or cropland may be impossible, Seymour said.
Several strategies can be used to help manage grasshopper problems:
--The preferred egg-laying and early season feeding areas for the grasshopper species of concern are weedy, untilled areas like vacant lots, ditches and poor pastures with mixed grass and broadleaf plants. Dense grass growth or regular tillage of these areas will reduce grasshopper numbers.
--Where the grasshopper source covers a large area and outbreak populations are expected, the best strategy may be to attempt grasshopper control in the surrounding hatching area while the grasshoppers are small and easily controlled.
--Row covers and screens can help protect more valuable plants, but grasshoppers can eat through most fabric screens. Aluminum window screen is the best option.
--Irrigation can be used to keep vegetation in surrounding areas green so grasshoppers will not move into the garden as readily.
--Leaving border areas unmowed will delay grasshopper movement into the yard and garden. Tall grass provides food and shelter for the grasshoppers.
--A border area of attractive plants, such as zinnias or some other lush flower or vegetation, can be planted around the edge of the garden to attract and hold grasshoppers. Also, these areas can be sprayed with insecticide to reduce populations.
--Organic gardeners recommend planting cilantro on the border of the garden as a repellent crop, or using garlic sprays as a repellent.
Chemical control often is the best alternative for quickly eliminating large infestations of grasshoppers. Adult grasshoppers are difficult to control with insecticides due to their size and decreased susceptibility to the insecticides. The best time to control grasshoppers is when they are 1/2 to 3/4 inch long. At this time most eggs will have hatched and the young hoppers will be more susceptible to insecticides.
Many insecticide options are available for yard and garden use. Always check the label for application instructions, rates and safety precautions.
Most products are formulated in a liquid or mixable dry formulation, and will be registered for use on certain vegetables, turf, ornamentals, or non-crop use. The same active ingredient may be found in numerous different brand name products.
The sources of grasshopper infestations (i.e. surrounding grasslands, ditches and other untilled areas) should be treated before the larger adult hoppers move out.
If homeowners do not own the adjacent areas, they should make arrangements with their neighbors to spray areas up to 150 feet around their garden. If this is not possible, the only option is to use insecticide or repellent sprays to protect as much of the yard and garden as possible.

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Sinai Hospital Proudly Displays Ravens Logo on Front Lawn
Anyone who drives past the corner of Northern Parkway and Greenspring Avenue will see a unique portrait of purple pride! On Wednesday, January 18, local artist Jim Buckler painted (by hand, no less!) the Ravens logo on the front lawn of Sinai Hospital. Jill Bloom, director of Marketing and Corporate Communications at LifeBridge Health set this all in motion when she contacted Jim; then she asked the Sinai Employee Activities Committee (EAC) for its assistance in organizing the project.
Cathy Quinn, a buyer in the Purchasing Department/Materials Management and the chairperson of the EAC, supervised Jim as he laid the groundwork for the design. Going off of a simple drawing on a piece of paper, Jim painted the entire Ravens logo in a little over an hour and a half. This time spent out in the cold will surely warm the hearts of Ravens fans who are pulling for the team to beat the New England Patriots this weekend.
See pictures of the entire lawn painting process, from start to finish, below:
Hurricane Sandy Donations
Sinai Hospital employees gave back to the hard-bitten Big Apple by loading a shuttle bus with non-perishable food items, baby food and diapers, toiletries, flashlights, trash bags and paper towels (among other necessities) to New Yorkers who have been displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
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We extend our heartiest thanks to Jim, the LifeBridge Health marketing department and the Sinai EAC. Go Ravens!
To schedule an appointment with one of our highly trained physicians and find out why LifeBridge Health is Baltimore's premiere health care organization, call 410-601-WELL.
About Trish Broome
Trish Broome is the web content writer for the marketing department at LifeBridge Health, and is the co-manager of the LifeBridge Health blog. She also engages in social media efforts to help promote the LifeBridge Health brand. Originally from Newport News, Virginia, she enjoys listening to music and playing with her dogs.
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True Purple Pride!
Really nice to see Sinai's contiunued support to our community!
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Gang, hope you are stoked for a weekend that could be fantabulous. We are.
We also hope that you have used the link here on the TFP website to listen to Press Row. Or that you are listening from 3-6 on 105.1 FM locally. Good times. (And if you have any trouble with it, please let us know.)
Without further ado, or further I do or even further redo — and we're stopping there — let's do work.
From the "Talks too much" studios, tell 'em 'bout it Jo-Jo.
Fab 4-plus-1 picks
Gang, the pickings are slim and we need to close quickly after a less-than-entertaining 4-6 mark with our online picks last week. We're 48-37-1 against the number so far this year. Now as we all know, these picks are for entertainment only, but let's assume you invested 100 entertainment vouchers on each pick, you'd be 720 entertainment vouchers to the good (including the entertainment commission for your local entertainment brokers; and with most things we encourage buying local when possible. Remember gang, piracy is not a victimless crime).
So it goes, and in truth it should be a lot better. We got too cute after a fast start. We abandon two primary rules too frequently: We ignored the fundamental creed that lines that look too good to be true normally are and we did not ride hot horses to the finish. If you had bet on Auburn (10-2 vs. the spread), Missouri (11-1 vs. the spread), Duke (9-2-1 vs. the spread), FSU (10-2 vs. the spread) and Wisconsin (9-2-1 vs. the spread after starting 9-0-1) all year, that quintet went 49-9-2 against the line this year. That's enough entertainment to handle Christmas — through like 2016.
That said, four of those covering machines face off this weekend, and we can see reasons to support each side. So we're not going to support any. (Of those, Duke catching 29 points caught our eye, but the number-crunching does not compute. Check this: The line has gone FSU -27 to FSU -29 despite almost 70 percent of the action being on Duke. So the guys who make their living doing this want the action on Duke — if 70 percent of the action is on the underdog the line should get smaller not bigger. So Vegas wants the public's entertainment on Duke, and when Vegas wants your money on one team it's because they want your money.)
Auburn-Missouri over 58: Fast turf. Big play offenses and defenses. High stakes for each, so the playbook has been flipped from "wide open" straight to "ludicrous speed." We expect each to play fast, and we expect each offense to play well. That means points. Lots and lots of points.
Ohio State minus-5 over Michigan State: Strength on strength when THE Ohio State offense plays the Michigan State defense. Blah on blah when the Spartans' offense goes against the Buckeyes' D. It's the strengths that will decide it, because in truth, the Spartans can't get much beyond 24 points without freaky scores. So ask yourself, will the Buckeyes and that juggernaut offense get four TDs? We say yes, since their lowest output of the season was 31 against Wisconsin.
Central Florida minus-10 over SMU: The Knights are talented and tough — and quarterback Blake Bortles has emerged as a potential first-round pick according to ESPN draft guru Todd McShay. With a BCS bowl on the line for UCF — and George O'Leary would have been a coach of the year contender without the extraordinary runs by the winning firm of Malzahn, Pinkel and Cutcliffe — here's saying the Knights handle their BID-ness quickly and efficiently.
Fresno State minus-3 over Utah State: Utah State has four losses, but those are to the two Pac-12 teams and Boise State and BYU, so it is better than its record. Fresno State is coming off its worst performance of the season. In the 1+1+1=14 world of betting, that means Fresno State rolls.
Montana minus-5 over Coastal Carolina: This is a shoutout for the FCS fans out there — and Maximus, we'll have more on the playoffs in Sunday's TFP. And did you notice that the last SoCon team alive gets the treat of traveling to North Dakota State for a JMC dream shot against the Alabama of the FCS. As for this pick, not all local entertainment brokers have numbers on the FCS games so there's that. There's also the trip to Montana, the weather, the crowd and the fact that the Grizzlies are extremely comfortable in the playoffs. The Chanticleers, not so much.
Decision day
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston (5) scrambles for yardage in Gainesville, Fla., in this Nov. 30, 2013, file photo.
In the messy mess that has been the investigation of the rape allegation against FSU star quarterback Jameis Winston, there has been little news and none of it entertaining.
The breaking news Wednesday that the authorities have completed their investigation and will announce whether they are going to press charges — which would result in Winston, the Heisman front-runner and the trigger man for the nation's No. 1 team, being dismissed from school — or not is a good decision. The announcement will be at 2 p.m. today, and regardless of the decision, announcing it before this weekend, when the fate of the season and the season's biggest individual award will be crystalized, is the prudent play. We concur with a lot of what TFP ace columnist Mark Wiedmer wrote here.
FSU believes that Winston will be cleared, which makes sense since why would you hold a press conference to announce someone is going to be charged rather than just go arrest them and hold the press conference after the fact.
We want to believe that, no matter how much better the timing of an announcement today would be for the college football world, the correct and just decision was made, regardless of how it affects the college football landscape.
UT recruiting beat goes on
Station Camp receiver Josh Malone speeds up the field for a touchdown during their game against Hendersonville. He committed to Tennessee on Wednesday.Photo by The Tennessean /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
The Vols landed another major commitment Wednesday when five-star wide receiver Josh Malone — no relation to Moses or Sam Malone — picked UT over a host of power programs.
Malone is the second five-star in UT's swollen class of 33 — more on that in a moment — and he's also the second in-state five-star, joining running back Jalen Hurd.
In truth, recruiting has far and away been the high point of Butch Jones' first year, and that's a good thing. The Vols were under-manned in almost every SEC game this year, and the underachievement of an offensive line billed to be a collection of NFL players, made every offensive possession a fight.
So if you are not happy with your roster, what do you do?
In the NFL, you either hope for a draft miracle or you go free agency and hope to find a diamond in the bushes. In college, you recruit. Hard.
And the Vols have done just that and have made the most of a special opportunity that was present in this recruiting class. Considering the Vols overwhelming needs and their recent struggles — three straight 5-7 seasons is less than mediocre — landing a major crop of talent was going to be tough.
But, there were a slew of highly regarded legacies in this class, guys like Todd Kelly, Dillon Bates and the Berry twins. (And, like they say in Animal House, "legacies are generally asked to pledge, unless the legacy in question is a complete closet case... Like Fred.")
The state of Tennessee also has more talent this year — including two five-star kids for the first time in memory — than we normally see.
So the Vols are trying to rework the roster. They currently have room to take 30 signees in this class; they have 33 commits already and are expecting one more Friday when offensive lineman Charles Mosley announces his decision. Plus, the Vols are in the mix for a slew of other supremely high-profile guys.
Expect some grayshirts — maybe those new uniforms were a little foreshadowing — and expect some transfers and roster causalities come this spring.
It's a numbers game, and we all saw this season, the Vols need better numbers.
This and that
— OK, would the real UNC stand up? After losing to UAB last week, the Tar Heels topped top-ranked Michigan State and did it in relatively easy fashion. MSU coach Tom Izzo told reporters after the game it "one of the more disappointing performances of my career here." Wow, here's sayong practice at East Lansing today may not be a walk at the beach.
— Side point: Michigan State and Louisville are two athletic programs having seriously nice runs in the hoops and football right now. And Duke. (Anyone still stunned about Duke winning 10 football games in a season? Ten wins used to be three-plus years.)
— Mike Tomlin got a $100K fine for his sideline dance during the Thanksgiving night game against the Ravens that interfered with a Baltimore kick returned running down the sideline. We're OK with the fine — Tomlin's smirk and look gave the appearance he may have done it on purpose — and think he probably should have been suspended a game, but we're strongly against the Steelers losing draft picks for this. We also think the referees who did not throw a flag on the play should be a little lighter in the wallets.
— Tiger Woods talked about 2014 with reporters on Wednesday. He talked about the major championship venues, and how they set up well for the 14-time major champ (although to be fair, when Tiger's playing well every venue, from Augusta National to Sir Goony's sets up well for him). We know he's won four Masters, but he also won the British Open the last time it was at Royal Liverpool and won at Valhalla in 2000, the sites of next year's British and PGA Championship, respectively. The US Open is at Pinehurst, and Tiger finished second and tied for third the last two times the US Open was there.
— Apparently the green light has been given to a Terminator reboot. We're good with that. Plasma rifle with the 40 watt range. We'll be back.
— We told you that the top-10 lists were coming and we shared some yesterday. Today, here are the top 10 puppy names for 2013. Yep, it's a dog-eat-dog world:
Female puppies
1) Bella
2) Daisy
3) Lucy
4) Molly
5) Sadie
6) Sophie (which was also No. 1 for baby girls)
7) Lola
8) Chloe
9) Zoey
10) Maggie
Male puppies
1) Max
2) Buddy
3) Charlie
4) Rocky
5) Cooper
6) Duke
7) Bear
8) Jack
9) Bentley
10) Toby
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If you need a talking point, here are but three:
— Will Tiger win a major in 2014?
— Who you got in the SEC title game and why?
— Thoughts on UT recruiting?
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Old business: During a Tennessee TV cast a common tater quoted Butch saying that "Dobbs has more street cred than any player he's coached." Help. What does that mean?
I've been dogging UT point guard Antonio Barton, who only totaled 11 points, 4 boards and 0 (zip, nada) assists for two games added together (Texas-El Paso and Xavier). I've thought Darius Thompson would supplant him in The Vols' lineup.
But Thompson's stat line is underwhelming, too. The Cuonz may have a better idea.
In The Vowels' big win over Wake, big Stokes had a 21/10 double double. Barton had a good game (7/5/3) playing only 21 minutes.
I'm not sure how their minutes mixed in, but five guards (Thompson, Richardson, McRae, Davis & Hubbs) had more minutes than Barton, and another guard (Moore) got 7 minutes. I know some of those are wing players, but it looks like Martin is trying a variety of chemistry experiments to see what alternatives the team has. And that's what he should be doing.
Caution: Wake isn't the elite team of a decade ago.
I've also dogged UNC, which put a big hurt on #1 Michigan State in Lansing. (This after losing to UAB and tiny Belmont.) The Baby Blues Brothers have lately taken a while to gel, so they could be good by Dance time.
Have you noticed how lean and mean Willie Cauley-Stein looks this season? He's lost his baby fat and you might not even recognize him now. He's quicker, too.
You heard that The Unibrow has broken his hand. Now MKG has imitated him. And Cousins has sprained his ankle. But John Wall is doing the Dougie and has his Wizards up to .500.
Have friends who pull for both. But having an ex-boss who is an Auburn grad ... and another, um, friend who is, um, drop dead gorgeous and a two-time Auburn grad ... War Eagle.
Michigan State can play some D (which Michigan most assuredly did not last week) but I don't think the Spartys' offense can overcome THE Ohio State University's offense. For those who have not seen, Carlos Hyde is a load who can move and Braxton Miller ain't too bad. Shoot, his backup, Kenny Guyton, would be a star somewhere else.
Count me as very surprised Duke is a 10-win team. But give them credit for how they've won, too. They have won with some great special teams play (kickoff returns for TDs against Miami and UNC) and a two-QB system. Now, they didn't have to play FSU or Clemson from the other side in the regular season. Remember the name Jamison Crowder.
Fargo. Where national championship dreams go to die.
I have seen 5-star linebacker prospect Raekwon McMillan a couple of times and frankly, he's good but ... not great. I expect him to dominate and he makes plays but not as many as you would think. Now, the freshman defensive back at his school, whom Florida and Ohio State have already offered, yeah, he's legit.
You want a hidden gem from the Peach State recruiting crop? I give you Malique Jackson, Wayne County's quarterback headed to Florida State to play DB. Baller. Straight out baller.
Spy —
But is he a baller, shot caller, with 20-inch rims on the Impalla?
McMillan does have major recruit cred.
Concur on the MSU vs THE OSU breakdown.
We'll see what we can find from Ned Ryerson and report back. His breakdown of UTC recruiting needs was in today's TFP so there's that.
9er —
Not sure how Dobbs has so much street cred being from the rough and tumble Alpharetta, the suburb of the A-T-L that is akin to Lookout Mountain, only flatter and without Rock City.
We'll give Mr. WCS a special look the next time UK's in action.
JG, read Ned's article, he gives good information. Have noticed UTC is supposedly looking at JUCO LB out of California, Gervell Morgan, who played hs ball at Signal Mountain. Any of you local pigskin experts have any thoughts on him? Given, he played hs ball two years ago.
Saw Gervell a bunch during the Eagles' state title run a few years ago.
Was nice blend of size-speed then, especially on the high school level. Also was not afraid of contact then. If he has gotten bigger — like most college players do — and has remained at roughly the same speed level, he could be quite a player.
Reminded us a lot of former McCallie and UTC stud linebacker Chris Johnson when we saw him in high school.
Spy —
No doubt. There are some parts of Alpharetta where households only have one Escalade.
Oh, the humanity.
From friend of the show StuckinKent, part I
How many points can Michigan State score? More than Michigan did. Let's break down Michigan's offense compared to Michigan State's.
The played five common opponents (Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Notre Dame). In those five games, Michigan averaged 301.2 yards per game (288.6 in regulation). Michigan State averaged 363.0 yards per game. In November, Michigan averaged 293.8 (281.2 in regulation) yards per game (against Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State). Michigan State averaged 385.8 (against Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern and Minnesota). That includes the 603 YARDS that Michigan gained against Ohio State. They still are averaging around 100 yards less per game than Michigan State.
Why will Ohio State be able to stop Michigan State? What makes anyone think that Ohio State will be able to score against Michigan State? I just don't see it. Michigan State beats Ohio State. They are the better team. Maybe I'm wrong. I'll eat crow on Monday on this one more than likely. Probably Ohio State shows up and plays their best game and wins 63-3 after listening to everyone talk about how awful they played against Michigan all week. But I was picking Michigan State last week because I thought they were probably the better team, and Ohio State didn't show me anything to make me re-think my position last week.
I think your UCF-SMU pick may differ greatly depending on the result of tonight's game. If Louisville beats Cincinnati, there is nothing for UCF to play for, and it's a road game. I think they win, but they may not cover a big spread (they have been playing a lot of close games lately, it feels like). If Cincinnati wins and UCF has to win to win the American and get the BCS bowl, I think they come out fired up and dominate SMU. That's one I wish I could hold off on.
From friend of the show StuckinKent, part II —
Ohio State and Michigan State had six common opponents (Michigan, Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois). Ohio State gained 529 yards per game in those games. Michigan State gained 419 (not exactly terrible). Take out the Purdue game where OSU was dominant and Michigan State was not good, and OSU averaged 507 yards and Michigan State 444.
Ohio State has allowed 398.8 yards per game to those six. Michigan State allowed 242.7 (and didn't give up 398 in a single one of those games). Taking out Ohio State's two extremes (603 against Michigan and 116 against Purdue) and they allow 418.5 per game.
Ohio State averaged outscoring those six opponents 45.6-24 (a margin of 21.6 points per game). Michigan State averaged outscoring them 30.7-9.5 (21.2 points per game).
Michigan State beat every single Big Ten opponent by double digits. OSU beat Wisconsin by 7, Michigan by 1, and if not for a fluke last second touchdown, would have beaten Northwestern by 4, and even their ten point win over Iowa (not to mention the actual 10 point win over Northwestern) is smaller than any victory Michigan State had against a Big Ten team this year. That's four games Ohio State won by a smaller margin against Big Ten teams than ANY Big Ten game Michigan State played this year.
I guess Ohio State-Michigan State should be considered equals, but I'll take my chances on Michigan State. Yes, Miller and Hyde are something else. But I'll still take Michigan State.
I'm really curious in your thoughts on it all.
I like Stucky's pick. I agree MSU will "upset" TOSU. Another factor- I think TOSU believes they are in the NC, and MSU is shooting for the Rose Bowl. They haven't been since 1988 (I think)and want it badly.
What are the odds on an Iron Bowl II?
Iron Bowl II? Not likely. More likely would be FSU/Alabama. FSU wins. OSU loses. Mizzou beats AU. Alabama jumps OSU and AU and gets the title game. This of course would make a complete mockery out of the SEC Championship game, if you took a "third place" SEC team over a 12-1 SEC Champ, but it would be very possible to happen.
To get an Iron Bowl II, OSU must lose, FSU must lose and Winston gets arrested and AU beats Mizzou. I just don't see FSU losing with or without Winston.
Gervell Morgan would be a great addition to the Mocs. I had forgotten all about him. Whatever happened to the other linebacker that went west to a juco, the center of all the controversy a couple of years back?
"Lack of institutional control" must be not be a part of the TSSAA guidelines. Cutting spring practice and two weeks of summer lifting for Marion County gives any team license to cheat at will, as long as their conduct is not specifically against the rules. "Don't penalize the kids", doesn't that happen when any team is hit for recruiting or accidentally playing an ineligible player?
I am really pulling for Michigan State. A Florida State vs. Ohio State matchup would be as exciting as last year's thumping in the title game.
And as for Dobbs, are we now about to witness the strength of street knowledge?
Interesting read, whether factual I cannot say. http://www.tomahawknation.com/2013/12/5/5177808/jameis-winston-police-report-charges-announcement
Stuck —
The number crunching lends a ton of credence to your pick. But the similar canvas that is common opponent is skewed in regard to analytical data.
Michigan State has to strangle its foe and the game to win; Ohio State sprints to big numbers and shrugs its shoulders for the most part at the opposition. And as bad as The Ohio State's schedule was, Michigan State's was worse.
Too much at stake for the Buckeyes; plus the indoor track really helps Miller and Hyde and Co.
You're breakdown is factual and makes good sense. We're using the eye test and playing a gut feeling. We're still on the Buckeyes — and we don't think it's going to be that close.
As for the other pick, UCF needs to win either way tot get into the BCS — the AAC is not an automatic bid league.
McPell —
If you think The Ohio State is looking past MSU, do you feel the Tigers are looking by Mizzou?
And Mich. State was in the '87 Rose if memory serves.
Yes, you're spot on that Iron Bowl II is a monster long shot because it does not happen without an FSU loss. But as Loyd from Dumb and Dumber says, "So you're saying there's a chance."
Last we heard Tim McClenden was out west at a junior college as well — College of the Sequoias we believe. He also looked the part. Not sure how he progressed academically, but that kid was ready physically to play on Saturday.
We're OK with the Marion County ruling since all the parties involved were sent packing. Hard to punish the kids left standing in the wake.
From friend of the show StuckinKent —
MT- Mizzou jumps Bama with a win over Auburn. Alabama will not go to the championship game without an FSU and OSU loss, and may not even then. I think Oklahoma State may be more appealing as conference champs. I'm not sure though. I think it would be a big debate. That's my opinion anyway. I believe that some computer formulas take into account if you win your conference championship or not. I know my formula does. That means that prior to this week, Alabama is not being hurt by that, but starting next week, when the evaluation is about which team has accomplished the most, Alabama will be hurt by that. They will also be hurt by an Auburn loss. If they couldn't beat Auburn, why could Missouri- particularly if Missouri wins by more than one score?
Concur about the SEC fatigue possibly being a monster factor.
For Bama to get another shot at the BCS:
1) Florida State has to lose
2) THE Ohio State has to lose
3) Auburn needs to win
4) Oklahoma State needs to struggle vs. Oklahoma
Then it would be Iron Bowl II — and we think Alabama would win by at least two TDs.
As for Iron Bowl II in the Sugar, well, they better get more FBI guys for the days leading up to the game. Wow.
5, I don't get all the furor over Ohio State's schedule. Their out of conference games were no worse than Auburn's. In fact, they're pretty similar. Bad Pac 10 team. FCS cupcake. Lower level FBS paydays.
And they played Iowa and Wisconsin and gave Penn State an historic whuppin. They beat Northwestern when the Wildcats were ranked. Auburn didn't have to play Missouri or South Carolina, scraped by an injury-ravaged Georgia team and got to face the likes of woeful Arkansas and Tennessee and middlin' Ole Miss and Missy State.
It's the same level of lunacy when people say Notre Dame didn't play anybody last year. As if they didn't beat the Pac 12 and Rose Bowl champ. Or the co-Big 12 champ. Or beat nine bowl teams and another that was bowl eligible.
Stuckey--I've been known to use stats the way you did, but I'm like Jay in that my gut says TOSU. But I hope I'm wrong.
Any stories in the Bluegrass on how WC-S got so lean and mean looking this year?
MT--Good work. Are you a logician?
I understand a College of Cardinals, but how can there be a College of Sequoias?
JG using your scenario there could even be a block of voters who might push MSU into getting into the title game, after all they would be 12-1, Big 10 Champs, and coming out of a win over an undefeated Ohio St team. It would give an out for people not wanting an Iron Bowl II and play into the SEC Fatigue theory.
I don't think anybody outside of Alabama fans really wants an Iron Bowl II. Been there, done that, give us another game.
5- I don't think Auburn is looking past Mizzou. I am more worried about the Iron Bowl hangover, and Mizzou's D-line. I can't argue with TOSU being in the NC if they are undefeated. I also think you don't beat Saban two times in a year.
I think SEC fatigue set in after the LSU-Bama rematch.
Spy —
Difference in AU's and THE Ohio State's schedule:
Bad Pac-10 team: Cal went 1-11; Washington State is 6-6 and will bowl
Arkansas State and Buffalo are likely pushes.
THE Ohio State has nothing approaching a win at Texas A&M when the Aggies were full strength and Auburn's entire argument is in that it slayed the dragon that is Alabama. That's the difference in our view.
Great point about the MSU rising in that scenario. The fatigue is there and real, and the fact that Bama got a rematch and destroyed LSU two years ago works for Bama's argument and against the chance it would happen since that game was gross.
9er —
We understand a College of Cardinals, too. As for the College of Sequoias, well, we're going to go out on a limb here and say the entry requirements are tall and the work load is think. You don't leave there without a good education, though, and you can be rooted for the future.
Amen and pass the acorns.
Looking up Tim McClendon, on the 2012 roster for the College of the Sequoias, but not the 2013 roster. Only info I could find is one article where after four games of the 2012 he hadn't played yet due to a concussion. Seems to have dissapeared off the football radar.
From Stuck —
WRONG!!! The AAC is an automatic qualifier this year. You are dead wrong on this. Check it out. Don't know where. But it's everywhere. Otherwise, NIU would be in and UCF would be out. Check your facts.
I'm serious. I'm not making this up. The AAC is an automatic qualifier (taking the Big East's old spot) this year. This is the last year, but for this year they are.
I'm going on eye test too with Ohio State-Michigan State. I think Michigan State is better. The fact that Ohio State played four games closer than Michigan State played in the Big Ten does not lend credence to the "Ohio State throttled people and shrugged their shoulders" outlook. Were they shrugging their shoulders against Michigan? Iowa (one score game in fourth quarter)? Wisconsin (one score game in fourth quarter)? Northwestern (one score game until final play)? The question is if OSU is so ticked off about last week that they show up angry and play their best game of the year. If that happens, they win. Any other situation, Michigan State is the better team and wins.
Thanks for the update. And the playoff is coming soon enough. And the scenario-guessing won't change next year, we'll just be planning which teams gets bids three or four and who got shafted from 5-7.
Stuck —
You are right about the AAC — we somehow mis-read that and mixed it up. And maybe Stuck can guest host McLaughlin Group. WRONG.
OK, we'll agree to disagree on the Big Ten title game.
Ohio State at Michigan in the second-best rivalry game that means the season to Michigan is not an even canvas. When Ohio State beat Northwestern, it had College GameDay there and was the biggest game in NU history and when MSU played NU, the Wildcats' two best offensive players were already lost for the year. MSU didn't even play Wisconsin.
See what you've done? You actually have an Auburn grad making arguments for The Ohio State and a rotten Big Ten.
And sweet buckets of national title confetti, we're praying that you're right and we're 100 percent wrong.
An Iron Bowl II would have a better chance of happening in the Sugar Bowl, not the title game. Read more here:
From Stuck —
Again, I may be overstating my case on Michigan State-Ohio State. They are roughly even, where I give a slight edge to Michigan State. Very slight edge.
Sometimes I get carried away in analysis. Ohio State is good. Michigan State is good. I think the chances are 60-40 or 70-30 Michigan State wins.


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The Washington State Emergency Operations Center
The Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division, manages the state's Emergency Operations Center located on Camp Murray, near Tacoma, Washington, in accordance with the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 38.52.030(3). The Department, with support from the Legislature, was appropriated more than $9 million to construct a new facility to replace the shared property with the Washington State Patrol and commercial buildings that were rented in the Olympia area.
The old Washington State EOC Operations Room in Olympia.
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Compare the old Operations Room (1,300 square feet) above, to the view of the new Operations Room (3,600 square feet) below, during a training activity shortly after the new State EOC opened.
The new Washington State EOC Operations Room at Camp Murray
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Ground breaking occurred in March 1997 on Camp Murray, near Tacoma. The two-story, 28,000 square foot building accommodates 100 staff persons during day-to-day operations and 310 responders (staff and others) during a catastrophic emergency. Staff moved during July 1998 with a formal open house of the building in August 1998.
The facility, dedicated in the memory of Joel P. Aggergaard, serves as the Washington State Emergency Management Division headquarters and the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
We have a video you can look at to gain a greater understanding of our role in disasters.
When an emergency occurs, numerous agencies at the local, state, and federal level must carry out many different functions swiftly and effectively to protect life, property, the environment, and the economy in a concerted effort to restore normalcy. The number, nature, and urgency of problems during an emergency differ greatly from those during normal governmental operations.
Gathering information during an emergency, making decisions, and taking necessary actions to implement those decisions requires close coordination between key officials who may not normally work together. Decisions and response actions must be coordinated, integrated, and applied thoughtfully within some structure. A proven way to maximize coordination and application of resources in an emergency is by centralizing response actions in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Role and Purpose
The state Emergency Operation Center (EOC) serves as the focal point for state responses to emergencies and disasters. These emergencies or disasters are the result of natural, technological or human-caused hazards.
The Washington State Emergency Operation Center (EOC)
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The Division notifies and alerts state agencies and local governments of impending emergencies and disasters. In the EOC, staff coordinates with state, federal, and local government agencies, non-government organizations, private businesses and industry to effectively respond to a natural or technological emergency.
The numerous primary and back-up communications systems allow the state to warn local and state agencies, and the public, of an emergency and to communicate among all emergency response agencies during that event. During an emergency, representatives from other state agencies with emergency roles come to the EOC to help coordinate the state response. Federal government agencies, along with state and local volunteer organizations, also may provide representatives.
During an emergency or disaster, the EOC is designated as the central location for information gathering, disaster analysis, and response coordination. Information gathered is used by executives to make decisions concerning emergency actions and to identify and prioritize the use of state resources needed to respond to the emergency. The EOC may issue emergency warnings or disseminate critical information and instructions to government personnel and the public who may need to take emergency protective actions.
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Toronto City Council Overwhelming Votes On 2024 Summer Olympic Bid
By a vote of 26-8, Toronto City Council has overwhelmingly backed looking at bidding for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and the 2025 World Expo.
Although the agenda was limited to a vote on the 2025 World Expo, Toronto Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong moved to add the Olympics to the vote.
Minnan-Wong told reporters after the vote, "we're due, it only makes sense to consider both global events and not put all your eggs in one basket. It's the number one global event that a city could host. I don't want to diminish the value of having an Expo, but if I had my choice, the Olympic Games is the one to pursue.
"I think it'd be great for the city, great for the economy, and create a lot of jobs".
Toronto Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, who had moved to look at the 2025 Expo, said looking at two bids sends a confusing message, when only one bid is practical. She said, "I doubt very much we'll make a run at both bids. They're very, very costly. It requires basically all oars in the water pulling in the same direction.
"There's no financial wisdom to actually submitting two bids. They're very large undertakings. I don't think we have the capacity or the political will for both bids".
Council asked the city manager and the city's head of economic development to check with provincial and federal governments and key agencies and submit reports to council's economic development committee next March.
If council decides to formally pursue one or both bids, Toronto would still need the support of the federal and provincial governments.
Minnan-Wong said council would insist that both governments would have to shoulder any financial losses while providing money for venues.
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La Verne, CA – April 28, 2012 – "Where you come from is not who you are or where you will end up," said Pasadena native, James Hutcheson, a senior student at the University of La Verne. James was talking to a group of young men who were attending the third annual Youth Leadership Conference.
He was one of six University of La Verne students who shared their personal stories with junior high and high school Inland Empire students.
Using the theme "I know I can," Brothers James Wilson and Tommy Randle, of the Inland Valley Uplift Foundation and the Eta Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc, opened its third Youth Leadership Conference for young students in the Inland Empire.
The youth heard several speakers who gave information about how education and their personal attitudes toward education had transformed their lives.
A highlight of the conference was the message given by former professional football player, Burnis Simon, who is Executive Director of the Hafif Foundation. Simon grew up in Leesville, LA. His mother had a 5th grade education; his dad only went to the 6th grade.
Simon talked about his humble beginnings, how his parents didn't have the money to buy him the latest fashions, or the high priced tennis shoes, most stylish jeans, or expensive jewelry and shirts. In elementary school, when students would laugh at him or bully him about his meager possessions, he sometimes felt the urge to defend his honor and his pride. And because he knew of no other way, he wanted to "lay hands on them," he said. But he soon grew out of that phase of his life; he survived.
Simon graduated from high school and was recruited to Texas A&M University where he played Division I football. He showed the youth two rings that he wore on his fingers; on his right hand was a ring that he received playing in a college bowl game; on his left finger he wore his college graduation ring – about which he said, "I am most proud."
Something he said must have sparked the interest of the youth because they had many questions for Burnis Simon; they were attentive; he was their hero.
Students also heard Larry Walls, an attorney, who warned that not continuing or taking serious their education could be disastrous for them. "It will be a big mistake," he said, "not to go to school. The biggest growth industry in California is the prison industry."
Walls told students how his ability to play high school football enabled him to go to college at San Jose State University and eventually to Law school at the University of California, Berkeley. Walls' point was reinforced and emphasized in a video shown to the students.
The documentary, "Bring Your 'A' Game" narrated by Mario Van Peebles, was filled with cameo appearances by rap artists, educators, athletes, and entertainers including Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Dr. Cornel West, Ice Cube, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Russell Simmons, Lou Gossett Jr., Lupe Fiasco, Hill Harper, Damon Dash, Kevin Powell, Geoffrey Canada, Bruce Gordon and former NBA star Alan Houston, among others, all telling variations of the same theme – "stay in school – continue your education, think bigger than your present circumstance!"
Michael "Fritz" Haynes, Air Quality Inspector, III, of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, presented information that emphasized Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). He told about his chemistry background and the type of work that he does today.
Haynes gave the students a preview of what their freshman year in college might be like. "Before you enter college, please know what you are majoring in," he said. "Talk to someone in your community, someone at your school about college life and about lob opportunities."
There is much research to suggest that students who declare a major early in their college life or before they enter college tend to graduate on time, usually in four or five years.
One of the handouts given to students included recent salary information for STEM majors. For example, salaries for the college graduating class of 2011 were up by almost 6 percent or $50,462 as compared to $47,673 over the previous year. But the overall salary range for STEM graduates was from a high of $66,886 for Chemical Engineers to a low of $56,808 for Business Systems and Communications majors.
The content offered at this year's conference was filled with weighty advice for students about dealing with life's challenges.
Following lunch, the youth heard from Retired U.S. Marine Corp Lt. Col. Eddie Bickham who talked about job opportunities in the Navy and Marines. He told the students that they could learn a job relevant skill, earn a great salary with lucrative benefits, serve their country, and travel the world. "Because of my military service, I have traveled on six of the seven continents," he said. He spent 24 years in the service and shared with the youth that his grandmother was his greatest influence.
The students had the opportunity to hear from another hero, Jerry Hodges, a Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA), who joined the military on June 12, 1944, at Camp Lewis, Virginia. From there he transferred to Keesler Field, MS for basic training and then to Tuskegee Institute for preflight and primary training where he was taught to fly the PT-17 and PT-13.
After that initial training, Mr. Hodges was transferred to the Tuskegee Army Air Base and taught to fly the B-25; then to Lockbourne Air Base July 5, 1946 and assigned to the 617th Bomber Squadron, 477th Bomber Group. At Lockbourne, he was Assistant Base Statistical Control Officer.
Mr. Hodges also encouraged the students to consider the military as an option for service to country as well as a means of paying for their college education. He left the service in December 1946 and entered the University of Southern California (USC) in September 1947 and graduated February 1950 in Accounting and Finance, "and my education was paid for by the GI Bill," he said. "Now is the time to focus," he told the youth. "Work on your scholarship." He said when he was growing up he rode the school bus 20 miles each day to get to school. Mr Hodges has to be close to 90 years old; he is active and still drives his car where ever he wants to go. What manner of man!
At the end of the conference, the youth heard from six students of University of La Verne (2 were graduate students and 4 undergraduates). Each had their own story: some were first generation American citizens, Latina and African American, mostly from single family homes, but highly motivated to attend college. One of the students has been accepted and will be attending graduate school in the fall at the University of Pennsylvania.
At the end of the conference, James Wilson, President of the Inland Valley Uplift Foundation, asked all of the members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., to come to the front of the room and introduce themselves to the youth. Hearing the variety of degrees and professions represented by these men, one of the youth said to Mr. Wilson this experience was life changing for him. He said that he was a father himself and after this experience, he has to think about life in a different way.
Wilson said that that the Inland Valley Uplift Foundation and the Etta Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc, has already begun planning the forth Youth Leadership Conference for next year. Their plan is to explore the possibility of linking this Inland Empire spring conference to the fall Youth Leadership Conference in Los Angeles hosted by the Omega Educational Foundation and Tau Tau Chapter, held at the University of Southern California in October.


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Lent for Atheists
February 23rd, 2012 | Posted by: Vlad Chituc
The following OpEd appeared originally as a guest column in the Yale Daily News. It has also been posted on The Huffington Post.
I walked into Commons early yesterday morning and saw blue-gray smears dotting the foreheads of a handful of my classmates. I'm embarrassed to admit that I was strangely surprised. Of course, I knew that it was Ash Wednesday. I knew that the beads and colored drinks from last night's Feb Club party were to celebrate Mardi Gras — the last great celebration before the temperance of the Lenten season. But it still felt odd to see my classmates wear their religion so prominently on their foreheads. It was hard not to feel self-conscious on their behalf.
But I can't say that I didn't feel a little bit jealous, either. I've been an atheist since I was old enough to drive, and I don't find the stories in the Bible any more believable now than I did when I was 16. But atheists still miss out on a comfort provided by religion — not necessarily in the beliefs per se, but in the ritual of it all.
I love Christmas far more than I have any right to, and I'd guess that I love it for the exact same reasons most Christians love it: there's something really special about spending time with family, giving thoughtfully to those in need and those we care about and listening to nostalgic music while drinking hot cocoa by the fire with your cats (or dogs, or grandparents). I don't see why Christianity is necessary to enjoy any of that, and I refuse to let the faithful have all the fun.
So it bothers me when other atheists are too quick to do away with the beauty religion cultivates, as if it were necessary to toss the beauty out right along with the cosmology. I think we make a mistake when we fail to distinguish the form from the content of religion. Doing away with both is like smashing a glass because we don't like the drink inside it.
Depending on context, the exact same techniques can serve propaganda when used by fascists or public service announcements when used by our government. The form is all the same, of course. Good advertising is good advertising. But what matters is what the advertisements are about. Goebbels was an evil man, but he could sure sell a point. If we can use his talents for good, why not?
I see the practices of religion a lot like how I see advertising. If there's one thing religions have gotten down since the Agricultural Revolution, it's enriching the human experience through ritual. So why not borrow some of that, even if the content that currently fills it leaves something to be desired? Not that I'm comparing Christians to fascists.
Something along these lines is the premise of the writer and philosopher Alain de Botton's upcoming book, "Religion for Atheists." And while his ideas have been violently opposed by atheist bloggers (about as charming a group as you might expect), I actually find them pretty compelling.
So I was sitting in Commons yesterday looking around at all my classmates, and I began to think about Lent. Not about Jesus wandering through the desert for 40 days and 40 nights while being tempted by the devil, but about my Catholic friends' yearly test of willpower, sacrifice and self-improvement. I realized that was something worth doing on its own.
I decided then that I'd take part in Lent. I've been mostly a vegetarian for the last two years. But the reasons I object to eating beef and chicken apply equally to drinking milk and eating eggs: I don't necessarily object to consuming flesh per se, but rather how we treat livestock and how factory farming impacts the environment. So while I've been finding the transition from a vegetarian diet to a vegan diet particularly daunting, the Catholic Church provides me a perfect and relatively low pressure avenue for a brief period of self-improvement. I don't see any reason not to try it out.
Is picking and choosing religious rituals and practices a bit irreverent and patronizing? Probably a little. Is it a potentially great way to enrich secular life? Definitely. That's as good a reason to practice Lent as I can think of.
Vlad Chituc is a senior at Yale University, studying Psychology and Philosophy with an interest in how we form beliefs (particularly moral and religious), and an interest in metaphysics and moral philosophy on the side. He has served as the Community Service Coordinator and President of the Secular Student Alliance at Yale (formerly the Yale Humanist Society), during which he participated in the Inter-Religious Leaders Council and worked closely with the Yale Chaplain's Office to foster relationships with liberal member s of the Yale religious community. In his spare time, Vlad enjoys listening to hipster bullshit and writing sarcastic articles and music reviews for the Yale Herald. If you want to read more of his writing, check out plaindamnfool.wordpress.com
5 Responses to "Lent for Atheists"
Jill Haughie Says:
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Isn't giving something up or foregoing a habit really TAKING something up? …reforming and expanding rather, not curtailing and expunging?One and the same, I suppose. It's easier to discipline one's self by a NEW practice/ritual than by focusing on the elimination of an OLD one. Spoken by a former compulsive, per diem "addict".
Mary Says:
February 24th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
You had me until you made the Goebbels reference. Comparisons like that are really not appropriate unless you are talking about another fascist dictator. Those references diminish the true nature of the Nazi regime and are insulting to the Christians to whom you compare him. Shame on you.
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February 24th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Mary, I'm afraid you've misread me.
I didn't compare Christian's to Goebbels at all. In fact I explicitly said "Not that I'm comparing Christians to fascists." Because that's precisely not what I'm doing.
prayforrain Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:21 am
When you think about the non-supernatural component of Lent, it is about practising willpower. We can all do with improved willpower and so on this level it is worthwhile for non-Christians to observe Lent.
Rhapsodi Says:
March 6th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Thanks a lot for this piece. I've tried to articulate the same ideas, but haven't been as successful! I gave up a lot more than God when I gave up religion. You are perfectly right in saying there are many human services which religion packages nicely which we can all benefit from.


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Beginning Monday, Oct. 28, extended restrictions will be in place at the
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The closure of the MP 21 westbound exit ramp will begin on Monday, Oct. 28,
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