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protein wisdom's Republican National Convention coverage, 13
Had a chance to talk briefly with tonight's keynote speaker, Democratic Senator Zell Miller, whom I caught up with at the beverage table after one of his sound checks.
protein wisdom: "As a lifelong Democrat, what made you decide to endorse George Bush for president?"
Zell Miller: "That's a good question, because I have voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1952, 13 of them. I've never voted for a Republican. But I'm going to this time. In this dangerous time, we need a strong commander in chief, and I think that George Bush is one of the strongest that you could possibly have. I have admired and respected the way that he has grabbed terrorism by the throat. And I think he's the commander in chief that we need these next four years."
protein wisdom: "The Democrats are noting that 12 years ago, you were the keynote speaker at Bill Clinton's first convention here at Madison Square Garden. Senator, Democrats say you were right then and you're wrong now."
Zell Miller: "No, that was then and this is now. We're at war. 9/11 changed everything, as far as I'm concerned. It changed the way that we have got to look at how we do things. I am very, very disturbed at the lack of bipartisanship that I saw in Washington over the last four years that I've served in the Senate. And I think it's very dangerous for this country in a time of war. We can't afford it."
protein wisdom: "Right. No argument here. So. Georgia, eh? I imagine Georgia can get pretty hot this time of year…"
Zell Miller: "Yessir, Georgia can get quite hot in the summertime –"
protein wisdom: "– and it's not like it's a dry heat, either, right? Quite humid, I imagine…"
Zell Miller: "Oh, it'll put some water in your socks, that's for sure. But it's a beautiful state, with friendly, intelligent, fair-minded voters who strongly favor traditional family values and fiscal responsibility –"
protein wisdom: "– yeah, I'm sure they do. Question: what's a pole cat?"
Zell Miller: "A what now –?"
protein wisdom: "A pole cat. C'mon, you're a southerner, right? You should know this. It's always driven me crazy –"
Zell Miller: "– Well, I can tell you that–"
protein wisdom: "Or better yet, skip that. Say something, y'know, homespun, instead. An aphorism your granpappy taught you or a colorful hillbilly metaphor—something like that –"
Zell Miller: "– not quite sure what a pole cat is… But seriously, America does need George W. Bush right now, like a farmer needs the rain, or corn needs its cob –"
protein wisdom: "–ah, there it is! That's the stuff –!"
Zell Miller: "– Does that work for you–?"
protein wisdom: "– Beautiful. Perfect. Redneck poetry, Senator, thanks. …Say, you wouldn't happen to play the banjo, would you…?"
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Damnit, Jeff. Why'd you let him off the hook for crap I could've heard from my inlaws?
I wanted to know what a pole cat was, too.
As a PSA, I looked up the definition in my Oxford (MS) Dictionary.
polecat –
carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. The name refers especially to the common Old World polecat, Mustela putorius, found in wooded areas of N Eurasia and N Africa. Similar to weasels, but larger and with longer fur, polecats grow to nearly 2 ft (60 cm) long, including the 6-in. (15-cm) tail.
Like other members of its family, polecats have a scent gland under the tail which emits a fetid secretion used for territorial marking; the gland is most active when the animals are alarmed. Recently, this secretion has been collected and encapsulated in little red pills which trigger hallucinations, mostly involving discussions with inanimate objects such as pants.
Polecats have been known to travel in herds with dolphins and should not be trusted under any circumstances.
Nobody sets it up like you, Jeff. Nobody.
(Thanks, you have no idea what that laugh did for me today.)
Zell may not play the banjo, but, if memory serves, he used to (maybe still does) own a radio station broadcasting country music up near the North Carolina border – about where Deliverance takes place. Call letters are WZEL, I think. When he was elected lieutenant governor in the 1980s, he said that if things got a little dull in Atlanta, he might head back up there and spin a few discs. Trust me; I'm not clever enough to make this up.
Really good governor, though; I had the pleasure of having Zell as my governor in 1998.
Aside from his stubborn desire to hang on to a party label that no longer really describes him, I think Zell is swell.
I and my Gaston-soaked footies heart this blog.
But first, a number.
There I was on mainmost street, sippin' on a mint julip, when it hit me – like a 2-by-4 up 'side the head – that I was in high cotton to have made it to the South, and to Jawja in particular.
Like granpappy used to say, over there in Gwinnett county, you can carry a pig for five country miles, but when you put it down, it'll probably run away. I don't know why they say that – probably the fluorine the Gu'mint puts in the water. That's why – kiss my grits – I'm in favor of prayer in shools, sweet tea, and bacon grease and sugar in every dish…
Sorry. I just ran out of home spun stuff.
Damn Zell…he can certainly deliver a rousing speech!
Was he once a Southern Baptist minister?
He kept going on and on about "Terra". I didn't realize they felt so strongly about "Gone With The Wind" down in Georgia.
Redneck haiku:
tornado busted
my double-wide but I still
got my pick-up truck
what's that up a-head ?
somethin' lumpy in the ditch
roadkill stew for lunch
(banjos optional)
Homespun 6 Jim Beam post speech update
Zell Miller: "…OK, I admit it, I'm really just voting for 4 more years of the Bush twins…them thar fillies are finer 'n the hair on a frog's ass…whooo-DOGGY!"
You're just throwin' down shit now, ain't ya, cracker.
"Felt strongly about 'Gone With the Wind'"? In Georgia ??
Sheeeit, son, Zell's the man. I mean, tell me can you elide that many syllables and still be understood?
Can I get a witness?
At one point he'd worked himself into such a rage that, forced to pause for applause, he kept working his lips, face contorted with rage. That was by far the most furious thing I've ever seen come from a politician. Loved it.
He's my favorite politician I could've voted for but didn't.
Lieberman-Miller 2008?
wait….how about Powell-Rice 2008?
Sound like a cajun dish. Oh well, we'll keep trying.
Fookin' brilliant Miller interview Jeff, brilliant.
Y'all come back now…..we're fiddin' ta win the Super Bowl and fix yer eyes so y'all dont vote some wanker in to office.
Now shaddup and hand me me Guiness…
Zell has to be a Methodist- the East Tennessee kind.
I know he's from Georgia, but it has to be from a part near where the faces look like the ones in the pictures on my piano.
Powell/Rice? Close, but no. It's gonna be Rudy/Rice, my man.
Did anyone else catch that heartfelt, "Preach it, Brother Zell!!" from the crowd in the pause right after Miller delivered the "bowl'o'mush" line?
Sorry, any haiku that mentions tornadoes is required, by the Southern Redneck Convention of 1966, to mention that it sounds just like a freight train.
"Zell has to be a Methodist- the East Tennessee kind.
I know he's from Georgia, but it has to be from a part near where the faces look like the ones in the pictures on my piano. "
Zell's from Young Harris, I think (when he was born it was probably just Harris – no need to differentiate it from any older Harrises), which is about five miles south of the North Carolina border, and about twenty miles east of the Tennessee/North Carolina border, so I'd say you're right.
a pole cat is a skunk
Zell may play banjo, but he's better known as a song-writer.
Here's Talking Pickup Truck mp3 which, for you young people, is an excellent example of genuine granpappy gibberish whose lyrics include "Washington DC" and "bovine feces."
This better all be in good fun, cuz this Mississippi girl can KICK YOUR ASS!!
Ok, maybe not (especially Joe's) But I can… get real mad……uh..yeah.
Freight Train Tornado
Shore set mah house ta spinnin'
Crushed that damned ole witch.
Yeah, Kathleen, these overeducated yankee/city boys love to make fun of a Southerner – from behind a keyboard. Small comfort but we know what will eventually happen to them all. They'll move to Wilmington or Florida and don a lime green shirt, plaid slacks and a white belt. But no worries – we've already written those places off. And not because of a little bad weather.
Benson, I'll take southern comfort over small comfort any day.
The lyrical nuances of our accent simply cannot be appreciated in cyberspace.
Ahem. Benson, Kathleen, I happen to live in western NC, in the Appalachia mountains. I drive a pick-up, and I love bluegrass music. I can also garun-dam-tee my neck's redder'n you'uns'll ever be.
Joe, you are then given absolution
or absolut vodka, whichever you choose
I defer to the mountain man. I'm only in the foothills and my pickup truck is a Toyota.
In the state of Alabama, it's illegal to drive a full-sized pickup truck that's not equipped with a rear-window gun rack. It is perfectly acceptable to have one slot of the rack occupied by a fishing rod or pellet rifle, so long as the other has an actual firearm.
Ok, I just made that up.
A great way to buy car audio on a budget is to buy used equipment
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AMES, Iowa Monday night it was about history. Legacy was the theme affirmed by the participation of 38 Iowa State student-athletes in a celebration of the birthday of Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King at Ames High School. The Cyclone student-athletes recalled the legacy of African-American athletes since World War II whose stars rose with the gains made by Dr. King and his supporters of freedom and equality.
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Former Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's still "looking toward the fall" to make a decision on whether to run for governor as a Democrat in 2014.
In politics, "fall" is often said to begin the day after Labor Day, or at the beginning of the school year, or when football season cranks up. Crist noted in a brief interview today that fall "technically" begins Sept. 22.
Crist also said he plans to attend the Florid Democratic Party's state conference Oct. 25-27 in Lake Buena Vista. The gathering is expected to be a candidate showcase, so it would probably behoove him to announce before then if he's going to run.
Crist said he'll be visiting former Palm Beach County commissioner Burt Aaronson later this week and speaking to Marion County Democrats on Sunday.
"I'm enjoying visiting my fellow Democrats around the state," said Crist, who said he's been getting "very positive" response.
Gov. Rick Scott, clearly expecting a Crist challenge next year, ripped his predecessor last week for embracing President Barack Obama and his stimulus bill in 2009.
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Three Owen County men were recently indicted in Franklin County after allegedly stealing an ATM machine from a parking lot in Frankfort.
The incident took place June 18, when according to Commonwealth Attorney Larry Cleveland, the ATM was taken from the parking lot on Reilly Road in Frankfort.
"They stole this back-hoe and they used the back-hoe to dislodge the ATM and get it onto a trailer and then they hauled it off on the trailer."
The ATM was later found in Monterey.
The voters of Owen County have rejected a proposal that would have expanded alcohol sales.
The final tally was 1,522 votes cast for expanded alcohol sales and 1,792 voting no, a difference of 270 votes.
Owen County Clerk Joan Kincaid said she expected a 53-percent turnout early Tuesday. When all the results were official, only 44 percent of registered voters cast their ballots.
Steve Delaney, one of the leaders of Citizens for a Dry Owen County, said he is pleased with the margin of victory.
Peggie Tisch-Rollins, owner/broker of Tisch Real Estate is pleased to announce that Melissa Kemper rejoined the company as managing broker.
Kemper has had a successful career in real estate since 2004 and has weathered the storm of the slow market.
Bruce and Pat True will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary July 20, 2011
Former Trooper Steve Miller retired from the Kentucky State Police in 1992, but 19 years later he has been sworn in as an Owenton police officer by Mayor Doug West.
Miller, 59, was employed by the Kentucky State Police in 1974. After graduating from the KSP academy in Frankfort, he was assigned to Post 14 in Ashland where he worked as an on-the-road trooper and later was selected one of 16 public affair officers in the state.
In 1989, Miller transferred to Post 5 in La Grange where he was assigned to Owen and Gallatin counties until retiring in 1992.
Seven descendants from the Smoot family and one from the Walkers were among the crowd that gathered at the I.O.O.F. Hall Thursday to hear the story of the Walker-Smoot feud. The scheduled speakers, Beth Raisor Jones and Susan Raisor Benton, had to cancel their presentation because of the recent death of their father. But Robert Walker and Lisa Smoot graciously agreed to tell the story according to what had passed down through their respective families.
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July 15, 2011
Seth Allan Keith, 1980, motion to revoke probation, continued to July 22.
Seth Allan Keith, 1980, fourth-degree assault, in jail, $2,500 cash bond set, continued to July 22.
Joshua J. Sharon, 1988, theft by unlawful taking, pleaded guilty, 90 days, court costs; theft by unlawful taking, pleaded guilty, 90 days, court costs, concurrent.
Jamie Carol New, 1976, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, continued to July 29.
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Deborah R. Depew, 1969, flagrant non-support, leave bench warrant.
Wallie Asher, 1985, motion to revoke probation, motion for telephonic appearance at hearing, continued to July 12.
Leroy Beckham, 1959, receiving stolen property under $10,000, third degree burglary, receiving stolen property under $500, adopted plea agreement, to pay $50 by Dec. 31.
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From the producers of Harmony Korine's "Trash Humpers," "Dragonslayer" captures Sandoval and the great state of California in the midst of the recession. Deep in the throes of economic depression, Skreech is content to remain idle and watch the middle class decay around him.
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Diatoms like this one, Amphiprora sp., are one of several major types of marine phytoplankton. These microorganisms that live near the ocean surface and convert carbon dioxide into organic carbon via photosynthesis. They produce much of the oxygen we breathe and are the base of the marine food chain. They also play an important role in drawing heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the ocean. (Photo by Dawn Moran, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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In the firefighter brotherhood--the loss of their fellow men and women will always be with them. But some have one extra reminder to look at everyday. Former New Yorker and now a Tallahassee firefighter, Anthony Espinosa is branded with a lasting symbol.
Like other's who honor the 9/11 firefighters, Espinosa has the classic maltese cross with the number of firefighters who died on that day. And he is proud to remind everyone to never forget the 349 firefighters who died.
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Espinosa has been a Tallahassee firefighter since 2007 and shortly before that he worked in retail in New York City--and he remembers being there on September 11, 2001.
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Cruisers are such a great bunch of folks. We met so many boaters on the way to the Exumas that I began to lose track of them all. We were anchoring in and around these new friends each afternoon. That's a lot of first impressions. Naturally, we didn't want them to think we didn't know what we were doing, even if that was true.
Most of the other boats traveled quicker than us. Heck, you could have WALKED to the Bahamas faster than our boat motored. So each day, it was a new bunch for us to see and wave to in the anchorages. It was an exciting, somewhat stressful time for us, and we worked hard at our anchoring techniques to leave a good impression.
One of our first anchoring attempts was in the Mile Hammock anchorage at Camp Lejune, NC. We were ok at anchoring, but not anything to brag on. Further, the anchorage was reported to have iffy holding. And it was crowded when we got there.
Neither Al nor I could agree where we should drop the hook, so as to not drag onto someone else. So we argued over it. We had headsets so we weren't yelling or anything like that, but I'm sure everyone at anchor could tell that we were having a disagreement.
We must have moved that hook around the lagoon five times, all the while in a quiet, heated discussion. "Here's the best spot. "No, there's not enough swing room.' 'Well, where do you want to go?' 'Make up your mind!" At long last we were set for the afternoon, hook down, no other boaters screaming at us to move because we were too close.
Now you have to understand that our efforts were complete overkill. There wasn't a breath of wind stirring in that lagoon from the time we arrived till the time we left the next morning. We could have shoved the boathook in the mud and tied off to that and been all right. We didn't realize that since we were still learning.
Naturally, after all that fussing, we each needed to cool off separately. I worked on some videos down below for a while. Al watched the Marines training on shore. Near sunset, Al came below and we, well, Made Up. The boats were packed into the lagoon by this time. Al said he had counted around 26. I was still worried that we had portrayed a bad impression of ourselves over the anchoring fiasco.
We knew a few of these boats, met a few more, and over the next two months, several reminded us that we had shared this particular anchorage. I always said "Wow! Sure! I can't believe you remembered us!" and wondered if they had been aware of the argument Al and I had been having over the anchoring. It would have been very embarrassing to me to know that we were remembered as "The couple that argued." Hopefully, they remembered us as "the couple with the yellow canvas." Thankfully, they never mentioned it, one way or the other.
Then we met Linda and Dwayne in Staniel Cay. They too had been there in that lagoon, on that millpond still evening. Dwayne mentioned that near sunset, nearly everyone had come up on the decks and into cockpits to watch the sunset. He said that, because of the lack of wind, all the boats were still and quiet, not even a ripple on the water, except for one. A little smile played at the corners of his mouth as he recalled that there was no one in the cockpit on this one boat, but the mast was gently rocking, forward and backward, forward and backward.
Realization hit me like a muddy boathook, and I didn't have to wonder long, as he related how all the cruisers had witnessed the little extra entertainment at sunset that evening. Not one of the cruisers remembered that we had argued, because they had all remembered us as "the couple with the rocking mast!"
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We cruisers need a STUPID gun. No, not a stupid gun; nothing that kills or maims, A STUPID gun.
Let me explain. Cruising the ICW, we were able to determine that there are a lot of boaters who have no idea what they are supposed to do when behind the helm. They are stupid. Mostly (sorry to anyone who may take this as a generalization, it's not.) local power boaters, mostly, but not always, smaller craft, these individuals speed through anchorages. They pass by at high speeds with only inches to spare between your hull and theirs. They cut between your boat and a channel marker at a high rate of speed, then cut back into the center of the channel right in front of you, and slow to an idle. They set their boat on a collision course with yours, and when you correct for it, they change course to put themselves back on a collision course with you. They are fishing or drag netting in the middle of narrow channels leaving you nowhere to navigate. Very unnerving to say the least.
It would be helpful, for all of us , to know exactly who these stupid boaters are, so that we can be alert to their antics in advance of any STUPID moves they might undertake in our vicinity. Think of it as a public service.
What I propose is a STUPID gun. It would have to have a homing device, so you could lock onto the offenders hull and then shoot, knowing the projectile would indeed end up on the correct target. It would deliver a florescent orange splat, the size of a dinner plate, with a big black S (for STUPID) in the center. There it would sit, like 3M/5200 (a powerful adhesive, for those of you who don't know "boatspeak"), unable to be removed by any means, as a warning for the rest of us. It would let us all know to watch out for this turkey. (sorry if this offends any turkeys reading this, no offence meant)
Now when you see a boat marked with one splat, you know to be alert. When you see seven or eight splats, get ready for certain trouble. Of course, we don't want to label these STUPID boaters for life, who knows, with everyone knowing they are STUPID, some of them might change their ways. I'm all for second chances. So, after seven days, the splat would fall off, and harmlessly decompose into fish food or something that won't be harmful for the environment. After all, we're all green.
Some STUPID boaters, seeing the splat, might be so embarrassed that they wouldn't even leave the marina until the splats fell off, thus saving the rest of us, for a time, from their STUPIDITY. Of course, it could also raise some issues for those of us who don't play fair.
Imagine your dock neighbor has a bunch of splats on his hull, and you know he picked them up last Saturday on the water. You also know he's been too humiliated to take the boat out with them on and is waiting till next Sunday to go back out on the water to ply his STUPIDNESS on the rest of us once more. Late Friday night, you sneak up to his boat, and SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT! That takes care of business for another week.
That would be cheating. That would be a whole 'nother gun.
Well, if you have been watching our Journey, (both the boat and the cruise) you know that we have put the old girl through a lot as we traveled to the Bahamas and back to the states.
We have also been in full disclosure mode when it comes to the many issues we have had since returning to US waters. We ran aground twice in trying to get off the ICW into approved anchorages. We didn't share that, because, it was too closely followed by the storm and that really overshadowed what by then were minor tow jobs.
During the height of the storm, when we were knocked down, Al says I actually told him it wasn't fun anymore. I don't remember that, I do remember trying to climb over the top coaming to escape, and being face to face with the worst wind and rain and seeing that keel and wondering what the heck I was supposed to learn from going through this. I put it down as something that was a very rare and improbable to happen again occurrence. Part of cruising. Little did I know that Al's fun light had gone out way back at Rose Island.
The high winds had been delaying us more days than we were able to travel. It was as if Mother Nature was saying, "You had your fun. Now it's MY turn." So when we were towed off the mud at Ft. George River, and put underway on a day when we hadn't planned on traveling due to high winds, the die was cast, in a fashion. Al arranged for a wet slip at Amelia Island. We would come back for Journey when the weather and tides were finished with their tomfoolery.
Journey had other ideas. In the middle of the ICW channel, a sudden high pitched scream emerged from her bowels. Al ran down and lifted the engine cover, to discover the starter had engaged itself and was dying at that moment. We threw down an anchor, called Tow Boat US for the second time in less than two hours for a tow to the marina.
Sometimes life hands you an escape clause. It's not always easy to recognize it when it comes, and you have to be able to set aside emotions and act with a cool head when it presents. Sort of like that old joke about the guy on the roof during a flood. A truck, a boat and a copter came by to rescue him, but he refused, saying "My Lord will save me." When he got to heaven and confronted God about being, well, dead, God said "I sent you a truck, boat, copter. What did you want?"
A lot of people have waxed on about the best time to sell a boat. I can tell you it's when someone is standing there with cash they want to give you for it. We know we want a larger boat, and we will have her in a few years. In the meantime, Journey has been sold, and I have quietly entered the first stage of the mourning process. I feel for Al when it progresses to the guilt/ blame stage of mourning. But even boatless, I know it was the right time to do this. As Al put it, We have had a hell of a Journey, both the cruise and the boat.
|bahamas Cruise 09/10
|bahamas Cruise 09/10
On of the most wonderful things about cruising has been all the friends we have made. We didn't anticipate that. We felt that we would resent the intrusion of a bunch of strangers knocking on our hull at all hours, wanting to thrust themselves upon our good time. Boy, were we wrong about that!
I had begun blogging and joined a couple of social networks for sailors before we even left. It was amazing how these cyber-friendships blossomed and the way we were able to keep in touch as we all made our way towards the Bahamas.
I remember Veranda (boat name) hailing us as we passed through Beaufort, SC. Saw our yellow canvas and knew it was us. Later, it was Prim hailing in St. Augustine, as we passed through. Saw our yellow canvas and knew it was us. After a few more of these incidents from boats who had not commented on the blog, but knew Journey by her canvas, Al realized we were sailing around and among friends all the way to the islands.
After we arrived in the Bahamas, we made friends with other sailors in every anchorage, on every island as we went along. And still, we kept running into people off the internet sites. There was a memorable few days with Linda and Duane as well as Gigi and Vic who all hailed from our area of NC. We made new friends Shirley and Mac, Robert and Debi, and Guy, Steve and Sue. Too many new friends to mention them all. One of the special experiences was meeting my friend from SeaKnots: Suky.
One the way back, the story continued, as we came across a friend still going south, Seeker, from Oriental NC. As always on these occasions, a short VHF radio conversation had to suffice to share all the news and best wishes for our friends. And then Synergy, a couple which we had meet and traveled with at the start of the trip, and then left as they had to wait on their own issues, headed toward Journey, knowing her by the bright yellow canvas. Karen hollered her name, as I waved, then ducked below to grab the mic and hail Chris for the cheerful reunion conversation. Once again, it was too short.
The next afternoon, we were passing alongside A1A near Mananzas Inlet, FL. It's one of the few areas where the ICW channel and the road can share a view of each other. Al was steering, I was reading aloud. He interrupted," Our picture is being taken again." "A boat?" I ask. This has been a common happening since starting our cruise, and no longer a reason to jump up and wave. Must be the yellow canvas. "Maude, yer never gonna believe the gaudy boat I saw today! Looky here, I got Pictures!" Al goes, "Do we KNOW these folks?" "Why hon?" I ask. " You should look at these people, they're jumping up and down and waving like mad crazy." I turn around and look. He's right. I wave. These folks are too far away to identify, and they are hopping and waving like a couple of kooks. If we don't know them, they are defiantly certifiable.
That evening I get on the computer, and see that in fact this was Prim waving like a couple of loons ( their words!) and they are still in St. Augustine. They had recognized the boat by her yellow canvas. Calls were made, plans were laid, and we were able to meet and have dinner with Pete and Pokey that night. You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and feel as though you have known them all your life, and in fact just rejoined an ongoing conversation with them. It was just like this for us with Pete and Pokey. As it was also with everyone we met. No matter what turns our life takes, these are friendships that we will cherish forever.
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PM tells Israeli ambassadors gathered in Jerusalem positive change in Mideast possible if Tehran prevented from acquiring nukes. Adds: Hamas can seize control of PA 'any day'
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remains the number one threat. I set a red line (for its nuclear program), and as of now Iran has yet to cross it," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday.
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Netanyahu told the diplomats he expects the instability in the Middle East
to continue in the short term, but claimed a positive change was possible in the long run if Iran is prevented from acquiring nuclear
PM explains bomb diagram at UN (Archive photo: Reuters)
During a speech at the UN in September, the prime minister held up a cartoon-like drawing
of a bomb with a fuse and literally drew a red line just below a label reading "final stage" to a bomb, in which Iran was 90% along the path of having sufficient weapons-grade material.


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Warm weather forces temporary closure of holiday ice rink in Norman
NORMAN — Unseasonably warm weather is causing problems for the Norman Outdoor Holiday Ice Rink at Marc Heitz Chevrolet, Interstate 35 and Lindsey Street.
The rink, which opened Nov. 23, was closed Monday because temperatures were not expected to drop low enough at night to keep the rink open, said spokeswoman Karen Cody.
"Our goal now is to reopen Wednesday if possible," Cody said.
An open house planned for Tuesday has been postponed until next Monday, Cody said. The open house will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday with a special performance by the Oklahoma City Skating Club.
The rink is scheduled to be open through Jan. 6 at Interstate 35 and E Lindsey Street.
Proceeds from the outdoor rink will benefit Assistance League of Norman, which sponsors such projects as Operation School Bell, the May Fair Arts Festival, Seniors R&R, Bears for Children, care kits and assault survivor kits.
When weather permits, the rink is open from noon to 9 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 7 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10 with skate rental; $7 without skate rental; and $5 for children younger than 5. Wheelchairs and walkers are permitted on the ice with $7 admission. On Wednesdays, parents with strollers are allowed on the ice.
MetroFamily Magazine, a local publication, is co-sponsor of a Little Ice Prince and Princess contest. To nominate a child between the ages of 5 and 11, go to www.metrofamilymagazine.com/ice-princess. Winners will be invited to participate in the city's annual holiday parade on Saturday.
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finished in a three-way tie in the PIAA Class AA Girls' East Region Golf Championship. Paul shot a 98, then lost by one stroke on the second hole playoff.
"This is a mental game as much as anything else, and Justine is usually steady and confident," Cuthie said. "They did something with the pin placements at last year's regional tournament and that can cause problems if you don't have that sharp short game."
Knowing that her short game came into play in each the past three seasons, Paul said she has worked on that part of her game.
"I've gotten better with the chipper and around the greens, but I need more consistency in order to be really good," she said. "One of my goals, naturally, is to get to states. It was something new for me last year. When I got to the regional (for the first time), I really didn't know what to expect."
"Losing in regionals last year made me want to get better for this season," Paul continued. "I've worked very hard this summer. If my short game is there, I think I can get to the next level."
Paul's play in the District 11 Class AA tournament at Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort near Delaware Water Gap was strong in 2012. She shot 134 in 27 holes of play, which earned her a regional berth.
It was a big step as well for the North Schuylkill golfer, who plays on the boys team and is a team captain for 2013. By qualifying for the regional tournament, she became the first Schuylkill League girl to do so since Marian's Brittany Updike in 2006.
And Cuthie's prize pupil.
"He is such a great coach to be around," Paul said. "He's a very positive coach. He gives me a lot of confidence. He knows how to make you feel good even when things aren't going right."
The Spartan coach said that Paul alone is the reason why she is so good taking very little credit.
"Her practice habits made her a good golfer,'' he said. "And she really is a good athlete and a very good student."
Paul wants to be a biology engineer some day and continue golfing in college. She's already looked at several top-flight universities. However, the demand academically for a college student-athlete is taxing, and Paul is the first to admit that she would have her hands full trying to balance her school work and golf game.
"I love golf, but realistically the course of study I want to take is going to be demanding itself," Paul said. "Trying to balance my school work and playing golf in college just may be too tough."
Even though Paul's mental toughness may very well be her strongest attribute.
"She can put her mind to anything and be really good at it," Cuthie said. "That mental toughness that comes from playing sports and the discipline will take you a long way in life."
Especially with a golf club in hand.
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In addition, about 17,000 were found to be eligible for Medicaid or children's health insurance through the marketplace.
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First 50th Anniversary Book by Eoin Colfer
In honour of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary year, Eoin Colfer, author of the 'Artemis Fowl' series, has penned a short story featuring the First Doctor, William Hartnell.
The book entitled 'A Big Hand For The Doctor' is the first in a series of eleven ebook short stories each based on one of the Eleven Doctors. They'll all be priced at £1.99 and released on the 23rd of each month starting in January 2013.
Story details:
London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget…
Each story is written by a different author, bringing together some of the big names in children's fiction. These authors will each bring their own interpretation and reimagining of their chosen Doctor to create a unique Doctor Who adventure in their own inimitable style.
A promotional video featuring the author will be released on the 11th of each month on the BBC Worldwide Doctor Who YouTube channel.
A paperback anthology of all eleven stories, the Doctor Who Anniversary Anthology will be released on 23rd November 2013 priced at £7.99.
The release calendar:
- January – First Doctor, William Hartnell (1963-1966)
- February – Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton (1966-1969)
- March – Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee (1970-1974)
- April – Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker (1974-1981)
- May – Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison (1981-1984)
- June – Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker (1984-1986)
- July – Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996)
- August – Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann (1996)
- September – Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston (2005)
- October – Tenth Doctor, David Tennant (2005-2010)
- November – Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith (2010-present)
Other books this year:
- Doctor Who: Puffin Eshorts (January – November, £1.99)
- Doctor Who: Anniversary Sticker Book (4th April, £7.99, Paperback, 9781405909150)
- Doctor Who: Where's the Doctor? (4th April, £5.99, Paperback Reissue, 9781405909044)
- Doctor Who: Official Annual 2014 (1st August, £7.99, Hardback, 9781405911795)
- Doctor Who: Lost in Space (5th September, £8.99, Hardback, 9781405911801)
- Doctor Who: The Essential Guide to Fifty Years of Doctor Who (October, Hardback, £12.99)
- Doctor Who: Anniversary Anthology (November, Paperback, £7.99)


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Brooklyn Bridge. Photo: Julienne Schaer • Brooklyn Heights. Photo: Stefano Giovanni
Whether arriving by bike over John A. Roebling's storied 130-year-old suspension bridge or meandering over after enjoying a bite to eat at Smorgasburg in nearby DUMBO, visitors to Brooklyn Heights will undoubtedly be drawn first to its photo-op-friendly streets of impeccably restored row houses. Indeed, the area is unquestionably lovely, neither overly trendy nor commercialized. But scratch the surface and you'll find a vibrant neighborhood with thoughtfully curated stores, innovative restaurants and such energetic cultural institutions as the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Heights Players. The Heights wears its rich history on its sleeve, with the area a showcase of stately architectural styles, august churches and schools and literary landmarks. A lamplit stroll through the neighborhood after dark can take you along the hum of Montague Street to the peace and quiet—and majestic views—of the Promenade, capturing all the appeal of New York City's first suburb. —Peter Terzian


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Health service to contribute €420m as State looks to cut pay and pensions bill
The health service will have to contribute €420 million towards the Government's target of reducing its pay and pensions bill by €1 billion over the next three years, trade unions have been told.
At talks on a proposed extension to the Croke Park agreement yesterday, unions were also told savings of €350 million will have to be generated in the education sector pay bill between now and 2015.
About €120 million will have to be saved on the pay bill in the Civil Service, non-commercial State bodies and the Prison Service, which were considered together as one group. Separately, savings of at least €90 million are to be sought on the local authorities pay bill.
A further €60 million will have to come from the Garda pay bill and €35 million from the pay bill for the Defence Forces. Unions said public service management gave no details on how it proposed to achieve the savings.
At the opening of the talks on Monday, management gave a broad indication that it wanted to cut pay for some grades, cut overtime and premium rates, increase working hours and introduce greater flexibility in redeploying staff, including extending the distance personnel can be asked to move.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said last night no specific targets had been set for sectoral savings as of yet.
She said the presentations given to unions were "indicative of the proportion of expenditure in various sectors and were designed to give all participating in talks an appreciation of the scale of savings required".
The presentation drawn up by the Department of Health, which has been seen by The Irish Times, said: "Our proportion of the total public service pay bill for 2013 is over 40 per cent. Therefore to contribute the proportion of savings to the €1 billion target, we need to find total savings of at least €420 million."
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The local authority document said: "Local government proportion of the total public service pay bill is nearly 9 per cent . Therefore, to contribute the proportion of savings to the €1 billion target, we need to find total savings of at least €90 million."
Unions said there would also be a net cut of 2,400 posts in the health service this year. The health document said that in addition to basic pay, the HSE paid €257 million in overtime and €242 million in weekend/bank holiday premiums last year.
Yesterday management provided details on the existing level of spending in areas such as direct labour costs, pensions, overtime and agency spending.
After the talks Siptu health division organiser Paul Bell said: "What the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Health are seeking is extremely challenging. We have decided to review the exact figures that have been presented.
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Here are some DIY FM Transmitter circuits that we have been published on electroschematics.com. This do-it-yourself fm transmitters are pretty easy to build and will give you a good feeling when you'll hear the music on the radio receiver.
Don't forget to write your comments and post some links if you know good designs that are not in the best of list.
Best of Do-it-yourself FM Transmitters
This FM transmitter circuit uses four radio frequency stages: a VHF oscillator built around transistor BF494 (T1), a preamplifier built around transistor BF200 (T2), a driver built around transistor 2N2219 (T3) and a power amplifier built around transistor 2N3866 (T4).
Maxim now has available a series of five integrated oscillator building blocks in the MAX260x series which cover the frequency range between 45 and 650 MHz. The MAX2606 covers the VHF band, although the frequency can only be varied by approximately ±3 MHz around the midrange frequency set by the coil L.
Let's construct a low-power FM transmitter using surface-mount devices (SMD) that will be received with a standard FM radio. Soldering surface mounted devices is not so hard and actually is quite easy. The figure below shows the schematic of the transmitter which consists of two stages: an oscillator and an output amplifier. Modulation is from an electret microphone but you can use a low power audio source.
Take a look at this fm spy transmitter which can be used as a bug transmitter or as fm bug too. It uses a single IC 74F13, one coil, a capacitor, one trimmer, one resistor and ofcourse one electret mic. This spy bug is so easy to build and can give you a total coverage range of about 3 to 5 meters. You may want to use a small 100mW amplifier to give a little extend transmission range so you can spy from other location.
A simple USB FM transmitter that could be used to play audio files from an MP3 player or computer on a standard VHF FM radio by connecting it to an USB port. The circuit use no coils that have to be wound. This USB transmitter can be used to listen to your own music throughout your home.
This is very stable, harmonic free, long range fm transmitter circuit which can be used for fm frequencies between 88 and 108 MHz. It has a very stable oscillator because you use LM7809 stabilizer which is a 9V stabilized power supply for T1 transistor and for frequency adjustment that can be achieved by using the 10K linear potentiometer. The output power of this long range rf transmitter is around 1W but can be higher if you use transistors like KT920A, BLX65, BLY81, 2N3553, 2SC1970, 2SC1971.
A very good 1 watt fm transmitter circuit, very easy to build circuit. It has 4 transistors, one is a very stable oscillator, followed by a buffer stage to prevent frequency variation when you adjust the transmitter. Next is a resonance stage and the final stage built with a minimum 1W transistor which must have a heatsink.
This low power transmitter is designed to use an input from another sound source and transmits on the commercial FM band. This low power fm radio transmitter it is actually quite powerful…
BA1404 is a IC designed for fm mini stereo transmitters. It can be used as a pc fm transmitter, ipod fm transmitter, mp3 transmitter or even car fm transmitter because it has a small pcb dimension ( can fit anyplace ) and maximum 3V power supply.
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Call it karma or a coincidence. Donte Whitner doesn't really care. The day he was going to tell his coach, Jim Harbaugh, about his idea to order 90 copies of a motivational book called "The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham," Harbaugh held a team meeting and talked about goals.
Goals are important to Harbaugh. A few days ago, he handed each San Francisco 49ers player a packet that contained a list of goals, some specifically geared to him and others for the entire roster. He showed the team the goals Bo Schembechler had set for him at Michigan and talked about a Harvard study that concluded people who wrote down their goals were significantly more likely to be successful than people who didn't.
The 49ers' goal this season is simple: win the Super Bowl. Every team says it, although reality and rosters being what they are, not every team means it.
San Francisco and Harbaugh mean it.
For the Niners, the goal of winning the Super Bowl would have sounded ridiculous a year ago, when conventional wisdom expected a rookie NFL head coach to be more adversely affected by the lockout than a veteran coach whose program already was in place.
Some wisdom.
Early last season, San Francisco evolved from being a team that hoped it could win into a team that knew it could win. It had talent, a good coach and a stellar defense. It went on to a 13-3 regular-season record. Harbaugh won coach of the year honors, and the Niners earned a first-round bye.
They came within one win of the Super Bowl but ended the season sitting in a silent locker room at Candlestick Park while the New York Giants euphorically celebrated their NFC championship on the other side of a wall.
"They didn't mean to do it," Whitner said, "but it was like they were celebrating in our faces."
None of the Niners have forgotten.
Certainly not Whitner, one of the leaders of a defense that last season ranked No. 1 against the run, tied for No. 1 in takeaways, No. 2 in points allowed and No. 2 in interceptions. The 27-year-old Whitner, in his second year with San Francisco after playing his first five NFL seasons in Buffalo, acknowledged that the Niners are more hunted than hunter this season. Their reputation has been established.
"I believe everybody recognizes who we are now," he said. "I think they recognize we have a good coaching staff and good players in position, and [Harbaugh] puts us in position to make plays. We're going to play hard and be physical. I think they recognize we're going to make plays. We're not going to sneak up on anybody. We're going to get everybody's best shot."
That doesn't faze him or his teammates.
"We expect to win," Whitner said. "We expect to compete on every play. We hold each other accountable to compete on each and every snap. If you drop a ball, or whatever, as long as you compete and go full speed, that's what we expect. People expect you to win. That's tradition. That's what the old '80s and '90s 49ers were about, expecting to win and winning championships. That's what we want."
It will be challenging for the Niners to replicate their 2011 season. The other teams in the NFC West have improved on defense and narrowed the gap. San Francisco opens the season at Green Bay. Later this season, it travels to New Orleans and New England. The 49ers also get the Giants and Bears at home. After facing the Packers on Sunday and playing host to Detroit in Week 2, they'll likely have a pretty good idea of where they stand.
By then, the 49ers should have had time to digest part of the book Whitner plans to distribute next week. He wants teammates to envision winning a Super Bowl, to set the goal, to funnel their energy into positive thinking, to will it to happen.
Harbaugh approved. It fit his message: Set a goal and strive to achieve it. For San Francisco, the goal is simple, realistic and attainable, even if there is conventional wisdom to the contrary.
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Just a few weeks ago, I stood in Art Modell's massive office at the Ravens' training facility in Owings Mill, Md. The lights were off and Modell wasn't there, but it stood as a firm reminder of how Maryland has an NFL franchise and why pro football is our nation's most popular sport.
Modell died Thursday morning. He was beloved in Baltimore and reviled in Cleveland, as polarizing an owner as there may have ever been in the NFL. When longtime Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis found out Modell was ailing, he went to visit him Wednesday.
"Anytime I saw him, he would always make me smile," Lewis said. "He always had a joke to lighten your mood or some sort of wisdom to impart to make you a better man. When I found out he wasn't doing well, I knew immediately I had to see him. When I was with him, I prayed with him and shared with him things that a son would say to a father. Even though he has left us, he is going to a place that one day we all want to be. I am truly blessed to have had Art in my life."
It was one of many tributes to the 87-year-old Modell. For a man who spent his life in football, is credited with helping to launch "Monday Night Football" and chaired the NFL's television committee for 31 years, there will be many more.
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Jim Core and his crew of rookie replacement officials called 19 penalties in Wednesday's season opener between Dallas and New York, 15 against the Cowboys (two of which were declined) and four against the Giants. Of the 17 accepted penalties, six were false starts, two were delays of game, two were holding, one was a horse-collar tackle, and another was roughing the passer. Basic, easy stuff.
In speaking with players around the league, this is pretty much what they expect to see from the replacements. They will make the obvious, simple, hard-to-debate calls.
The gray area will be on trickier calls, particularly pass interference and illegal contact. Was Orlando Scandrick guilty of holding Victor Cruz at the goal line on a play that could have given the Giants a 7-0 lead? It looked like it, but there was no call.
Determining whether a defensive back makes contact with a receiver beyond the permitted five yards from scrimmage will be another thing to watch. If the league's lockout of the regular officials continues, it will be interesting to track pass interference and illegal contact penalties and see whether they are up or down from recent years.
"With these guys not being trained as long, you can get away with stuff," said one veteran defensive back. "Nothing dirty, but the other refs, maybe they give you six yards. I don't believe these refs are trained as well, so maybe we'll get seven or eight yards. It's a big difference. We've been at a disadvantage for so long, given all the rules, maybe this gives us some of the advantage back, a little bit, a tiny piece. We'll take it."
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How indicative of typical Week 1 scores was the 24-17 final between the Cowboys and Giants on Wednesday night? Just about spot on.
Discounting 2011, when Week 1 scores spiked because of the lockout-shortened preseason, the average score of Week 1 games from 2007 through 2010 was 24.9-13.4. In Week 1, offenses aren't typically running smoothly yet. Defenses play downhill and usually have the advantage.
Don't expect ridiculously high scores in Week 1.
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Rex Ryan doesn't think he will be fired if the Jets have another bad season. Earlier this week on "The Michael Kay Show" on ESPN NY 98.7, Ryan said he doesn't "see it as a possibility." Sounds blasphemous, right?
Not really.
Look at the coaching class of 2009. Eleven teams changed head coaches after the 2008 season, including the Jets, which replaced Eric Mangini with Ryan, the brash, boisterous Ravens defensive coordinator. Of that class, only two men remain: Ryan and Detroit's Jim Schwartz. Of the nine who have since been fired, only Jim Caldwell was fired with a winning record. (Caldwell had a 26-22 regular-season record, but the team collapsed without Peyton Manning in 2011.) Of the nine, only Caldwell and Todd Haley guided their teams to the playoffs. Caldwell was 2-2 in the postseason. Haley was 0-1.
Schwartz has remained because he has overseen a reconstruction from the 0-16 season of 2008. And Ryan? He has produced a 28-20 regular-season record and is 4-2 in the postseason, including two appearances in the AFC title game.
Think Kansas City, Oakland, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Denver, Indianapolis and Seattle wouldn't have taken those results since 2008? You bet. Woody Johnson has a good coach. He'd be foolish to go fishing again.
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It is a formula, Aaron Kromer repeatedly said after assuming control of the New Orleans Saints as the interim-interim head coach. The formula was set by Sean Payton, followed by Joe Vitt and now followed by Kromer, the offensive line coach who is in charge for the next seven weeks until Vitt returns from his six-game suspension.
We'll see how the formula holds up over the course of the season. The Saints open at home with Washington on Sunday, then play at Carolina, home to Kansas City, at Green Bay, home to San Diego and at Tampa Bay before Vitt returns at Denver on Oct. 28. It was smart to leave offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo in their positions. Limit the disruption. Follow the script.
Payton spoke to the New Orleans Times-Picayune earlier this week in one of his only interviews since the league suspended him for allegedly overseeing a widespread bounty program.
"I think the stability aspect of the program is so strong," Payton told writer Mike Triplett. "There's so many players and coaches that are there now that have been involved since '06. I think it'd be much more difficult if this was early in our tenure here."
Still, it will be difficult. Impossible? No, but it will be uncharted territory for sure.
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Despite how easy the Indianapolis Colts have made it look, drafting a franchise quarterback who takes root and lasts is one of the most difficult tricks in the NFL. Look at the Washington Redskins.
Robert Griffin III, the No. 2 overall pick in April's draft who will make his debut Sunday at New Orleans, is the fourth quarterback the Redskins have selected in the first round since 1994. Heath Shuler (1994), Patrick Ramsey (2002) and Jason Campbell (2005) combined to go 34-55 for the Redskins and never started a playoff game.
Griffin will be Washington's fourth starting quarterback under coach Mike Shanahan, who was hired in 2010. Campbell, Donovan McNabb and Rex Grossman combined to throw 43 interceptions, the second-most of any team in the NFL during that span, according to ESPN's Stats & Information.
Next week, when there is regular-season tape to evaluate, we will break down a player or personnel group that performed particularly well or poorly and look ahead to the next week. Before NFL.com made the all-22 tape available online to anyone willing to pay for it, end zone game film and sideline views were available to only a select few in the media, such as the talented folks at NFL Films.
The all-22 tape, in which all offensive and defensive players are visible on the field from two angles, will be an invaluable and fun tool for fans who want to play amateur coach. Technology continues to rapidly change and affect fans, and players, in positive ways.
When I saw Michael Vick earlier this week, he was loving his new team-issued iPad that provided him access to all of the film available at the Eagles' practice facility. Thirty minutes after practice, he could watch tape of his performance on his iPad. He had cutups of the Browns' defense and the Eagles' offense.
"It's like having a film room at your house," Vick said. "It's sweet. Best thing they could've ever done. It's a great way to keep in tune with what we're trying to do and accomplish."
The Eagles aren't alone in using iPads and the iCloud technology to provide players with film. Some teams, such as the Dolphins, use iPads for their playbooks too.
Stats & Info
Want to know why New England was so aggressive about re-signing tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez two years before their rookie contracts were set to expire? Sure, in their two seasons together, the pair has combined for 256 catches and 40 touchdowns, 17 by Gronkowski last season alone.
But consider this, courtesy of ESPN's Stats & Info: Last season, the Patriots ran nearly 80 percent of their offensive plays with at least two tight ends on the field. The next-closest teams to use their tight ends as aggressively in the passing game: San Francisco (58.7 percent), Houston (57 percent) and Dallas (55.2 percent). And Tom Brady targeted his tight ends a league-high 235 times, 63 more than the closest quarterback in that category.
The NFL is a game of matchups and figuring out ways to exploit mismatches. Bill Belichick obviously believes that using a pair of tight ends who are big and strong in the open field is advantageous. Until someone grows a linebacker or safety who can cover the 6-foot-6, 265-pound Gronkowski or the 6-1, 245-pound Hernandez, both of whom also can split out wide, the Patriots will keep winning the matchups.
Reviled in Cleveland, beloved in Baltimore, Art Modell was one of the NFL's founding fathers. The game is not what it is without him.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 6, 2012
Art Modell was one of kindest men I have ever known. I am proud to have called him a friend & will miss him dearly. twitter.com/CoachBillick
— Brian Billick (@CoachBillick) September 6, 2012
Once, Art Modell told me of plans to refurbish LA Coliseum: "Putting a new dress on an old hooker is not the way I want to go dancing."
— Sam Farmer(@LATimesfarmer) September 6, 2012
A sample of Art Modell's wit: "We lead the world in erratic owners," he once told me. About other NFL owners.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) September 6, 2012
Pick 'em
All games Sunday unless otherwise noted
Indianapolis at Chicago, 1 p.m.: Welcome to the big league, kid. Andrew Luck, meet Julius Peppers. Bears 27, Colts 10.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 1 p.m.: Michael Vick is rested and fresh -- for now. The injury watch begins. Eagles 35, Browns 13.
St. Louis at Detroit, 1 p.m.: See Calvin Johnson run. See Calvin Johnson catch. See Calvin Johnson jump. See Calvin Johnson score. Lions 27, Rams 9.
Miami at Houston, 1 p.m.: "Hard Knocks" is over. Now the real knocks begin. Texans 21, Dolphins 6.
Atlanta at Kansas City, 1 p.m.: An intriguing interconference matchup between what should be a potent offense versus a stingy defense. Falcons 23, Chiefs 20.
Jacksonville at Minnesota, 1 p.m.: A tough one to call, given the availability questions around Adrian Peterson and Maurice Jones-Drew. Vikings 13, Jaguars 10.
Washington at New Orleans, 1 p.m.: After the most arduous of offseasons, Saints fans will be lathered up for this one. The Superdome will be rocking. Saints 27, Redskins 17.
Buffalo at New York Jets, 1 p.m.: Total toss-up. Bills have a revamped defense. Jets have what, exactly? The Tebow package? Jets 17, Bills 14.
New England at Tennessee, 1 p.m.: The Patriots' attempt to slaughter the NFL's offensive record book begins. Patriots 38, Titans 10.
Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.: So John Skelton is the guy for the Cardinals. When is Arizona going to get Larry Fitzgerald a real quarterback? Seahawks 17, Cardinals 7.
San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.: The Packers have won 19 of their past 20 games at Lambeau Field. Make it 20 of 21. Packers 27, 49ers 17.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.: Cam Newton 2.0 will scare people. Panthers 24, Buccaneers 14.
Pittsburgh at Denver, 8:20 p.m.: This should be an intriguing matchup, with Peyton Manning and Todd Haley each making his debut with a new team. Broncos 24, Steelers 21.
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 7 p.m. Monday: The Ravens haven't lost an AFC North or home game in more than a year, and John Harbaugh and Joe Flacco are 4-0 in season openers. Ravens 24, Bengals 17.
San Diego at Oakland, 10:15 p.m. Monday: Can either of these teams challenge the Broncos or Chiefs? Raiders 17, Chargers 14.


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Marine Lance Corporal Andrew Koenig, 21, after taking sniper fire directly to his forehead, a shot that knocked him down but would've been fatal but for his helmet. Taliban snipers have been a new threat to U.S. forces taking part in Operation Mushtarak, the largest NATO offensive in Afghanistan in eight years.
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OLIVER CHANLER of Geneseo, N.Y., on a portrait of George Washington in his parents' home that he and his family had thought was a copy. But appraisers say it is an original by Gilbert Stuart and estimated that it could sell for up to $300,000 at a March 27 auction.
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Advice from Super Conservative Alex
Welcome to the newest pool of salvation here on Christwire, Advice From Super Conservative Alex. If you have ever wondered if you are deviating from the Republican Party and the teachings of Reagan, then you are in the right place.
Every week I will be taking questions from good Americans and liberals alike, spreading the conservative word and giving you, the reader, an idea of how you can be a better American, Republican, and Christian.
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"A homosexual couple moved in next door to my family a couple of weeks ago. We believe them to be harboring and/or aiding muslim terrorists. One of them has a foreign accent. The other is a black. We seen them at the supermarket buying ethnic foods. How can I thwart their terrorism?"
If you get in a pinch, a well placed kick to the sternum and karate chop across the Adam's apple will be enough to do them in. If you have hound dogs, set them loose during the day. Also, beware of their dirty tricks; an innocent walk by your door could be masking a sinister attempt to spread AIDS to your property.
Since the real estate market is down, selling really isn't an option. Conservatives and their money do not part well. You can, however, ask that your HOA ban gay people from flaunting themselves during daylight hours when children are playing outside. Lobbying your local city counsel to ban gay unions is another option. Finally, voting Republican seems to take care of them pretty fast as well.
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First, I agree. You should be ashamed to call yourself a Christian. Voting for Obama is akin to taking the mark of the beast. Thanks for hating freedom. I hope you enjoy God crushing your trailer park with a mighty hurricane.
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If your pastor is indeed fostering sin, it leaves you with little choice but to chide him in public. You should also immediately ask for your tithing back, as it will no doubt be used to further the homogay agenda rather than for God's good Republican Conservative work.
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Opened just a few months ago, Tierra Burrito Bar already has been getting rave reviews by Spanish and American customers alike for its Mexican food and stylish interiors — a combination you'd be hard pressed to find in other Mexican restaurants around Madrid.
It's cliché, but the crisis provides opportunities. Madrid is changing, the population is hungry for new things… It's one of the few capital cities that still has so much room for growth.
Ryan Day, one of the young entrepreneurs behind the restaurant's success, first came to Madrid about six years ago to do a Master's in English literature at St. Louis University. After a short time away spent teaching in China and working on a doctorate in Arizona, Ryan returned to Madrid in 2010, this time to be with his Spanish pareja de hecho.
"I always imagined myself living in Europe, more so than the US, so I was looking for an opportunity for me to stay and opening a business seemed slightly more appetizing in the short term than teaching English. That's pretty much how I came about," he grins.
Ryan and co-owner Dan Crawley met in Madrid while Ryan was proctoring the LSAT that Dan was taking. They became fast friends and daydreamed about doing something in Spain one day.
"Later, Dan went to law school, and I went to China, then on to ASU to work on a Doctorate in English lit. Dan came to visit a couple of times and we ended up hatching our plan," he recalls.
"We basically had the idea of opening something here and then kind of stumbled upon the idea of the burrito. In Chicago, where I'm from, burritos are pretty much what you eat growing up," Ryan laughs."We wanted to do something that wasn't already in Madrid but we wanted to have a space that wasn't so fast food — a space where people could come and spend time in as well. Something with a little more Chicago or New York kind of feel to it."
So Ryan and Dan hired the architectural firm, Plantea Arquitectos, who not only helped them with the project but also helped them organize the work.
"That was something that would have been a lot harder for us, having never done anything like this here."
Setting up business in Madrid is not for the faint of heart, and even with the help of a Madrileño architectural firm, Ryan had his fair share of dealing with the much-loathed Spanish bureaucracy.
"I would say the hardest thing is knowing what is required. It's very hard to satisfy requirements as well because it's hard to figure out exactly what they are."
"For instance, in this neighborhood, there's a requirement that for 10% of the people that you can seat, you have to have parking spaces available. That didn't really become apparent until pretty far into it so now we're in the process of looking for 15 parking spaces within 100 meters. And that's just one example of a lot of things that can pop up."
"The terraza was also an issue. I think we're going to have it figured out in the next month or so. There's always a surprise from the police," Ryan smiles.
Some of the other hurdles the two faced were licensing issues and renovating part of a protected building." We had problems with what we were going to do with the fachada and also what we could do inside."
But despite having to work around strict building regulations, the restaurant's exposed brick walls, microcement floors and vintage garden furniture landed them in a recent issue of Architectural Digest España.
Four months in, Tierra Burrito Bar seems to be doing brisk business. "Things have gone surprisingly well for us but our market maybe is a little different too," Ryan says, referring to the large number of American students that frequent the restaurant from nearby St. Louis University and Suffolk University.
Part of the reason for its early success is the different eating schedules that Americans and Spanish have. The lunch hour sees its first wave of American students come in at noon and then a second wave of Spanish diners arrive at 2pm. The same goes for dinner, when the restaurant is full of Americans who typically eat at 6pm and then the Spanish fill the place up again at 9pm.
"It's really an effective way to keep the restaurant basically full over more hours than a typical restaurant here would be," Ryan says.
Price is also a big factor in Tierra Burrito Bar's success. Looking at the menu, the most expensive meal item is €6.65.
"We made it a point to have a price that's more expensive than a kebab but that's less than going out to a restaurant wherein you might have a waiter," he says looking over to the ordering counter.
Ryan admits he "never really developed the skill" for teaching English, but his advice for people who want to break out of it is to "just go for it."
"There are so many opportunities in Madrid, so many places where what's familiar and easy fills a void in the culture. Burritos are such an obvious gap that we filled. Breakfast and sandwiches, too. It's cliche, but the crisis provides opportunities. Madrid is changing, the population is hungry for new things. Rents are more affordable. It's one of the few capital cities that still has so much room for growth."
"Chicago is really steeped in the sort of DIY mentality, and Madrid is a fantastic place to put that ethic to work. I really love this city for a lot reasons, but one of the biggest is that it feels incomplete, like there's still work to be done here. It reminds me of sort of a 20's Paris, or 80's New York. There's energy here. So, if you have an idea, it's the perfect place to put it into action."
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c1930 ART DECO NIGHTSTAND TABLE BAKELITE WINGED HANDLE
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- Sold Date: May 01, 2007
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Antique Art Deco night stand or small table c1930. This one is gorgeous and in well preserved great shape. It's small size and open design lends itself to multiple uses for bedroom or any room. I cleaned it with beeswax polish and look how it comes to life. I didn't see a date stamp on anything but it would appear to me to be from the ART DECO period based upon the style and the rolling fall front and handle. The entire table appears to be solid mahogany wood except for the two small side panels which are veneer (if you look close, t is only one very small chip on the veneer at the bottom edge - see pic - more pics available we are burwoodhallantiques). This matches my mahogany bed so I am saying it is mahogany and it has a beautiful patina that shows an oxblood deep red brown color. It is a solid and sturdy piece, no wobble, lovely drawer and bottom shelf design. The "Winged" Art Deco Bakelite and Brass handle is of the period and appears to be a two piece construction with lovely brass accenting a shell shaped bakelite insert with swirled colors. I confirmed that this is a period replacement that replaced the one that broke. The bakelite has swirled shades of gold, browns, cream and a streak of red that picks up the red in the wood of the table and compliments it beautifully. The roll of the shell handle matches the roll of the top of the table. It stands on 4 legs that are pie shaped being rounded on the outside and sqare toward the bottom shelf.This table stands 26.25" high x 13.5" deep on top x 15" wide. The single drawer is solid wood with dove tail construction. the drawer is 11.25" x 11.75" wide x 3.75" deep. Wt is about 18lbs unpacked and approximately 35 lbs packed including weight of heavy box. This will b e shipped in an oversize box with plenty of styrofoam and padding. The Estimated shipping by FEDEX within CONTINETAL USA would be about $40.00 plus insurance. (The heavy cardboard box is 27 x 26 x 18 inches. FedEX has the best rates for larger items within USA). Outside Continental USA, please compute and compare your shipping at the websites for USPS, FedEX or UPS based upon the size and weight of the packed box as given, the insured value you desire, and ship from zipcode 80031 to your zipcode. Condition: Overall this 70 +/- year old table is an eyecatching piece of art deco period furniture in great shape. As stated, only one very small area of wear to the veneer on only one panel (see picture). From the underside I can see that a small piece of moulding has been professionally reglued. No breaks or fractures to the legs, Top is solid wood with lovely patina and normal wear. These things add to the patina and antique look of the table. All parts look to me to be original to the art deco period and consistent with the design of the piece. A GORGEOUS HARD TO FIND PIECE OF ART DECO FURNITURE. Large pieces come up often but these small accent pieces are harder to find.