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They came to Sussex in their hundreds with a spring very much in their step. These are giddy times for the long suffering fans of Newport County. At last their team are playing the football on the park which is worthy of the fanatical (over 2,000 at home to Bromley thanks very much) support they attract off it.
The Exiles have only existed - in their current guise - since 1989. Debate still rages amongst their own support as to whether this is the same club who in the 80's competed in the European Cup Winners Cup. Bankrupt and out of business in February of 1989, the club reformed just four months later and have since worked their way up through the very basement of the football pyramid to the summit of the Conference South.
So just seven days before County make a splash in Bath - where they are expected to take up to a thousand fans - they found themselves up against EFW faves Lewes for a top versus bottom encounter (bottom encounter eh!? Fnar Fnar - Ed). Before the beer kicked in, we caught up with the Vice Chairman (check us out) of the Newport County AFC Supporters Trust - Tony Pring. Pring filled us in on all things Newport related and we discovered amongst other things that it's not just Swansea City who have the monopoly on a rivalry with Cardiff City:
Somerton Park was to my mind a great old ground. How do you cope in the new place "Spytty" being so far away from the action? A lot of people do moan and complain that we are too far away from the pitch, but a lot of us older supporters remember that we did have a speedway track around Somerton Parks pitch.
Seeing as you were reformed in 1989, are today's Newport County the same one who played in the ECWC in the 80's or do you view yourselves as a completely new club? Yes we are a completely new club. As the years go by though, you forget that it's a new club and we all remember the old days. There are still some supporters who won't come and watch the 'new' club.
What impact does Newport RFC (the rugby club) have on the County support, do fans support both codes? There has always been an impact on crowds when both clubs play at home and we do have supporters who follow both. My personal view is that you can't worry about it, if we keep going the way we are at the moment, then why worry about it?
Who are your rivals? In this league; Weston, Bath and I would say Worcester. From the old days our local rivals Cardiff City will always be number 1.
What is your away support like these days in terms of numbers and noise? You would only have to look at other teams top attendances. We can take anything from 250 to whatever numbers we take to Bath next week...lol *we all laughed at this point* Cheers Pringers.
People of Wales, could you forgive me for a second whilst I briefly wax lyrical about what has been some week for Lewes Football Club? Go on, I'll be your best friend. Firstly, they survived a another winding up order from the HMRC - hip. Then, manager Ibbo deservedly cleaned up in the Lewes personality of the year awards - hip. And finally, a victory over Eastleigh in the FA Trophy meant that - before this match - they'd gone 6 (six!) games unbeaten at the "fortress" Dripping Pan -horayyyy!.
Ok Newportonians, you can look back now. This was always going to be a tricky assignment for Lewes. Stand back now as I wave my stats lightsaber at you. County had played 17 league matches before this one losing just the once - Staines away on a Tuesday night late in October since you asked. This had sent them 8 (eight!) points clear of Dover at the top (top!) of the table AND with a game in hand - show offs.
The current County gaffer is celebrity Dean Holdsworth. Thankfully, he's removed himself from the front pages of the papers (Lindsey Dawn, reality shows etc) and found a niche on the back pages. He now has a cupboard full of BSS manager of the month awards and is loving life at Newport so much, he's moved there to show his loyalty to the club, well, nearly, to nearby Worcester which isn't too far is it!?
Onto the match (hooray - Ed) and would you believe it was Lewes who dominated proceedings early on. Twenty-three minutes into to match, I trumpeted loud and proud "What could possibly go wrong!?". Less than a minute later, Newport helped themselves to the opening goal of the game. 0-1. Oh. Can I claim an assist?
On the stroke of half time it all happened. Newport were awarded a spot kick when Ryan Timms brought down the last man inside the penalty area - just after he'd come on as sub for the injured Ross Sutton. Red card (tick), penalty (tick), no complaints (tick), Reid - their best player to take (tick), sends pen goalwards (tick), Banks saves to his right (tick), players troop off for half time (tick).
Stand back again folks, as I wave my stats lightsaber towards you in a figure of eight motion. Rikki Banks (of young eagle of the month fame) has now saved three out of the four penalties that Lewes have conceded this season. That is a 75% penalty save ratio - I did that in my head. In conclusion, Rikki Banks still is the owner of 1x 'safest hand in soccer' motif. Hats at a jaunty angle Rikki lad.
During the half time period, the decision to keep the Rooks Inn Bar open was fully justified. There had been a bit of pre-match scepticism in which certain folks had deemed the Newport County fans as being somewhat troublesome. Nothing - I repeat nothing - could have been further from the truth. Aside from one lad who insisted singing 'Millwall songs' throughout his stay (a bit Ken Dodd - Ed) they were - to a man (and woman) a credit to their club. They came in good numbers, sang and backed their team throughout the day and contributed some considerable funds behind the Lewes FC clubhouse bar - good luck to them I say.
Into the second half and Newport began to take control. The Rooks didn't disgrace themselves and pushed forwards at every opportunity but it was the league leaders who ran out worthy winners in the end. Goals from Morgan and Henry (note not hand ball) sealed their win and they returned home to Wales happier than Stacey wooing Gavin back to her hometown.
It would be remiss of me at this juncture not to mention Newport striker Craig Reid. He missed a pen granted but Jesus H Christ, he is good. There aren't many times I clap an opposition player off the park but that lad deserved it. Hats at a jaunty angle to you Reido. Different gravy lad.


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Written by William Rose, who was also responsible for the loud, brash and big It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World a couple years earlier (as well as the overrated Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is also a big ensemble comedy, but much better executed and focused than his previous script, with more heart and less mean-spiritedness. It also helps that it has a very able director at the helm, the nearly forgotten Norman Jewison, whose socially-conscious films still hold up (In The Heat of The Night, A Soldier's Story, The Hurricane; The Russians Are Coming could also be considered part of that group). He had a number of films which were popular and respected in their day (The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the Roof, Agnes of God, Moonstruck) and some fascinating curios (Jesus Christ Superstar, Rollerball and F.I.S.T.). He falls into that group of directors who emerged in the sixties like Arthur Penn, George Roy Hill, John Boorman and John Schlesinger who had a lot of acclaim and made some classics, but never became brand names like Polanski and Coppola, or even to a lesser extent Mike Nichols and Sydney Pollack. Jewison has as many solid films as his peers, though looking back none reach that same level of transcendence as a Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy or Deliverance. For my money, though many would disagree, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is his film that holds up best today.
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•Donovan McNabb won his return to Philly, but got a major assist from Michael Vick's injury. Your editor-in-chief had a personnel suggestion, but sadly it was not taken into consideration.
•The Giants clinched the NL West by finally winning a damn game. Tim Lincecum brought out the always-special televised f-bomb to celebrate.
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QuickMem is one of the oldest pieces of software for learning New Testament Greek. It has always been free, and now it is available on iPhone. Don't miss it! I have seen at least one other program that claims to do the same, but it's not free and it looks like it covers a smaller subset of Greek words. Of course, you can download a plain Windows, Mac or Linux version of QuickMem from the same page!


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Visualization in Sports
This article is not about "improving your ability in sports using visualization". This post is focused on the ubiquity of computer graphics and visualization in sports. As a television viewer, player, coach or just a curious individual, you may have seen some of these visualizations for analyzing a game. It seems more common for coaches to use visual analytic tools to analyze the opposing teams in almost all sports now.
Visualizing American football (NFL)
- Professor Chris Healey from NCSU has an interesting project on visualizing NFL games. The project details can be found at http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/healey/NFL_viz/.Here is a screenshot of a small section of the visualization of the entire SuperBowl 2009 game between Arizona and Pittsburgh.
- The NYTimes vis lab has an interesting visualization titled – Rushing points per game – http://vizlab.nytimes.com/visualizations/rushing-points-per-game-nfl-teams-2
- On Many Eyes you can see that common users have generated visualizations of various aspects of football
- Visualizing Fantasy Football teams – This paper by Pearlman et al. discussed ways to visualize diversity in a fantasy team and is an interesting read. Jason Pearlman, Penny Rheingans, Marie des Jardins, "Visualizing Diversity and Depth over a Set of Objects," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 35-45, Sep./Oct. 2007, doi:10.1109/MCG.2007.139
- Ben Fry's post linking the intelligence of a football player with their position on the field. His post talks about how teams have started using Wonderlic test while scouting players and that their performance on that test becomes one of the factors that determines the position they play on the field. Its quite an interesting read supported ofcourse by visual representations. More at http://benfry.com/writing/archives/147
Visualizing Baseball (MLB)
- Ben Fry strikes(?) again!! His entertaining interactive 'Salary vs Performance' sketch implemented in Processing provides interesting insights into whether the most expensive team is actually performing the best (or NOT as in the case of the New York Yankees :)) Visit http://benfry.com/salaryper/ to play with the sketch and find out how your favorite team is doing.
- A very interesting blogpost on 'Visualizing Tim Wakefield's knuckleball'. A statisticians view on analyzing and visualizing baseball pitches and baseball data in general. Has some good links for baseball related data.
- Josh Kalk's amazing tool that lets you create your own baseball graph by using a simple interface – http://baseball.bornbybits.com/php/combined_tool.php. For example, playing around with it I found that Alex Rodriguez hits most home runs on a fastball as compared to a slider or a splitter.
- Can parallel coordinates be far behind? Parallel coordinates for visualizing baseball statistics – http://www.matthewtavares.com/baseball_report/
- Wow! A Baseball visualization tool – Visual io is a visualization company that produces tools for allowing visual analysis of corporate data. They used to have a baseball visualization tool that has been taken down. It was really cool and more details can be found at http://simplecomplexity.net/2008/11/26/visual-ios-baseball-visualization-tool/
- An interesting article by Dan Fox called "Schrodinger's Bat" on visualizing baseball pitches. Clearly the title is a play of words on Schrodingers Cat 🙂 Here's a visualization of DiceK's three pitch types.
Visualizing Basketball (NBA & WNBA)
- Very interesting post on what combinations of players works best and what styles the teams play – Visualizing the WNBA's top player combinations
- Links to an excellent article about NBA playing style spectrum.The spectrum of most of the famous basketball players can be found at http://gmapuploader.com/iframe/OcGKRzNj4B. Zoom in to explore it closely.
- David Ng's final project on Professional Basketball Player Performance Trends from Hanspeter Pfister's class at Harvard (http://www.seas.harvard.edu/courses/cs171/)
- ESPN's Game Flow – Line graph to show the progression of the game
- A very amusing visualization correlating Return of Investment on their players. The idea is similar to Ben Fry's 'salary vs performance' sketch, but the visualization here is completely different.
- An awesome visualization of all the shots from the NBA 2007-08 season. Check out their processing sketch at http://jasonrbailey.com/jason/courtvis/. Clearly, players prefer to hit three pointers from the corners than anywhere else.
- More visualization that look like treemaps from – Road to the NBA finals
- Another visualization showing something they call the Player Genome . They visualize each player's stats as a color coded line. The entire visualization does look sort of like a genome 🙂
Visualizing Cricket
- -Infographics is widely used in telecasts – Bowling overview, batting overview (wagon wheel) to show which parts of a ground is a particular player hitting to in that innning. A snapshot of a wagon wheel (as it is called) is shown here (Image credits: cricinfo)
- The value of graphical presentation of data: An example from cricket – http://www.mansw.nsw.edu.au/members/reflections/vol23no4skinner.htm
Golf swing visualization
- Urtasun et al. published a paper for 3D tracing of the golf swing. Here is the citation and the link to the paper: Raquel Urtasun , David J. Fleet , Pascal Fua, Monocular 3-D Tracking of the Golf Swing , Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'05) – Volume 2, p.932-938, June 20-26, 2005. Here is a snapshot from their paper.
- Naturally, there would be a company selling a product for such sort of a thing. Flightscope, the company that tracks a tennis ball for debatable calls during a match, uses 3D Doppler tracking for tracking your golf swing –
I am sure you have seen visualization and infographics being widely used in your favorite sports. Please feel free to add a link or even mention it in the comments section.


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New Guidelines On Lung Cancer Screening for Smokers
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During Healthy Lung Month, recognized in October, Dr. John Pellicone suggests that smokers and former smokers talk to their doctor about lung scans for early detection and prevention.
"There are new guidelines that recommend heavy smokers ages 55 to 80 undergo yearly screenings for lung cancer with low-dose CT scans. If you are a current or former smoker in this age group, your doctor may suggest you start receiving these scans," he says.
The guidelines come from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts authorized by Congress to make recommendations about preventive health services. The task force advises people ages 55 to 80 who smoked at least a pack a day for 30 years to undergo screening, even if they quit as long as 15 years ago. The scans can detect lung cancer early, while it can be treated. That's important, since many cases of lung cancer are not diagnosed until it is in a late stage, when treatment is often not effective.
The task force's recommendation is based on a large study that found CT scans could reduce deaths by 16 percent in patients with the highest risk of lung cancer.
About 85 percent of lung cancer cases in the United States are caused by smoking and a high percentage occur in former smokers because the risk of the disease continues even after a person stops smoking. Since about 20 percent of Americans smoke and many more are former smokers, lung cancer will remain a major public health problem in this country for decades to come, the task force noted.
Health insurance companies tend to cover procedures that are strongly recommended by the task force. Medicare is also expected to begin covering the scans, which cost an average of $170.
If a scan picks up one of these abnormalities, the patient may require more invasive tests depending upon the clinical circumstances. For this reason, the task force decided not to recommend more widespread screening of smokers.
The best way to cut your risk of lung cancer is to quit smoking. During Healthy Lung Month this October, contact the American Cancer Society for help (1-800-227-2345) or visit their website to read their Guide to Quitting Smoking.
Dr. Pellicone is a New York Pulmonologist, of Clarkstown Pulmonary Associates in West Haverstraw, NY and on staff at Nyack Hospital.
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WELCOME TO the Tuesday blog. Tuesdays mean Steve Collett, focussing mainly on match fishing but also delving into his styles of pleasure fishing and specialist angling.
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DO YOU think it's still possible to fish a match come nowhere and still enjoy it? Well that's what I did this weekend, and to hear people moan week in and week out on matches I did not think this possible.
I made the hour and a half trek to Patshull Park near Wolverhampton with Samantha Perkins to fish the Sunday Open, and the only thing that I would have had a slight niggle about was the attendance, but I'll come on to that later.
The fishing at Patshull is superb, a proper natural venue, with silver fish being the quarry and hardly a carp in sight. All of this plus stunning surroundings makes Sundays very pleasant indeed, but there was still a match to be fished.
As usual the drawbag was very unkind to Samantha and I, plus we both drew complete opposite ends to one another so mickey-taking out of each other was also put to an end.
I pulled out peg 31, Samantha 49 both areas had not been doing too much of late but hey ho, you can't have everything. We both headed off to our pegs slightly deflated.
My peg was near the hotel with a very steep bank behind me making my original plan of fishing 13m very difficult, and being roughly a top-six deep (20-25ft) this was going to be a challenging few hours.
After a small perch an hour in, I knew I was out of the game, and talking to Samantha, she was struggling as well, with just one trout (that are not allowed).
Still enjoying it?
Four hours into the match and no one around me was catching and the guy to my left was packing up I decided to have a go on a 5 m "last resort" line where I had fed groundbait and chopped worm.
During the last 30-45 minutes I had put 49 small perch in the net and with those I had put 14 lb something on the scales. That was winning the section until the last peg on it who had a superb 17 lb on a very tough day.
So second in my section, not in the money I would usually feel down and out after a one and a half hour journey, and a big bait and fuel bill, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. So did Samantha who did superbly to finish second in her section with 16 lb odd of skimmers of another unfancied peg.
So why did we still have a good match? Well I'm not sure. It could be the nice folks that attend this match, the lack of moaning and groaning, and of course the beautiful surroundings, and challenging fishing that these natural venues have to offer. But with only 25-30 fishing, and included in this number were lots of people who like us had travelled at least one and a half hours for the pleasure – and looking at the results on the Angler's Mail website, this was well attended – what is going on?
Look at the results this weekend in places like the North East where the two biggest matches of the week were on the River Calder and the River Don. In the East the Tidal Trent provided a qualifying match and the West Midlands did not even see one 50-pegger again this week. Midweek the attendances on places like the Trent at Newark are attracting 50-plus, and the Burton Festival will I'm sure see more than 60 on it.
So are people heading back to the rivers and naturals? I hope so, as I'm sure this breeds a more all-round angler, and provides us with future world class talent, I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this?
More excuses than a pregnant nun!
Listening to the radio this weekend and Andy Ford's superb coverage of the World Champs it really became apparent that we should win a gold medal in moaning and excuse making!
As a listener back at home, and of course never been blessed with the talent to fish for England, I couldn't help chuckling to myself about the amount of excuses we made, not enough sun for bleak, the river rose, the flow wasn't right, well forgive me for asking, was this not the same for Poland?
For the Czechs or did the river not rise in their pegs, and the sun shone all day, and the bleak only spoke Polish? I'm not so sure, we are having a rough patch on the International scene at the moment.
Is this due to the amount of commercials and lack of big competitions in the UK, I don't know, but we need to nip this in the bud now, before we slide down the international slope. If this was football, well…
Apart from having a tough time, congratulations must be given to Sean Ashby who is now World Champion – a superb feat. And having to take on the Polish at bleak fishing is no mean effort.
It was a superb performance and he is now a member of a very exclusive club. Well done Sean. Special coverage will be in Angler's Mail magazine – don't miss it, match fans!
My other star performance goes out to Gareth Drury who had an amazing win at Forest Lane Fishery in York with a colossal 142 lb with 125 lb of that being made up of chub! What a day's fishing and well done Gareth.
What makes it even more worthy of an award is that Gareth took his time out to explain to a few club anglers how he did it, and share tips for a match the next day. They then went on to finish first and second with a huge chub bag of their own!
Superb performances worthy of this week's honours, take a bow!
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How to become a sponsored angler, by Steve Collett
What really happened at the World Angling Championships, by Steve Collett


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HVAC thefts increase during holidays
Experts offer suggestions to avoid getting your air conditioner stolen
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Last December, someone stole the air conditioning units from Deland Missionary Baptist Church on Jacksonville's Westside. The crime cost the church thousands of dollars.
"Why would you destroy the property of the church just for a few dollars?" asked Pastor Gerome Thomas, when he was interviewed after he discovered what happened.
Experts say heating and air conditioning unit thefts to churches, businesses and homes happen year round, but seem to increase in frequency around the holiday months.
"It's that time of year where people become desperate, these A/C units are easy targets, they are easy to get," said Channel 4's Crime Analyst Ken Jefferson. "They become desperate, they want money. They're maybe not employed so they resort to stealing."
As the president of a local Heating and Air Company, Howard Services Inc., Scott Wilson's seen crooks steal A/Cs countless times.
"Some thieves are even more sophisticated where they actually have drill guns and battery-powered saws and they are just zipping through the units," said Wilson.
Wilson suggested installing motion detectors or flood lights near your unit, and he said if you're especially concerned, you can install a fence or cage around the unit. Some companies offer GPS monitoring, for those who really want to protect their investments.
This year, Jacksonville's Sheriff John Rutherford put a new law in effect which requires metal recyclers to get more information from the people who sell them metals, like aluminum and copper, from A/C units. Jefferson said it's a step in the right direction.
"It's really a great help to law enforcement now requiring they have those regulations," said Jefferson.
Wilson said he was still waiting to see the crime statistics, but he believes the new regulations are helping reduce thefts.
Channel 4 requested records on the number of thefts month by month from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Friday morning, but officers said the analysis would take some time to come back.
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In the days leading up to the first day of training camp, I'll review the state of the rest of the AFC West and how they match up with the Raiders, as well as all Raiders position groups heading into the first practice on July 24. Today's entry takes a look at the Denver Broncos.
If there is one thing Mike Shanahan enjoys more than beating Al Davis and reminding him of the bonus money he insists he is owed, it is the way his Denver teams have been physically superior through their ability to run the ball.
That changed in 2007, and when Davis was tallying up the plusses and minuses of Lane Kiffin's first season, one of the biggest things in his favor was the way his teams played against Shanahan and the Broncos.
They came within a Sebastian Janikowski field goal hitting an upright of sweeping Denver for the first time since 2002, falling 23-20 in overtime in Week 2 and manhandling the Broncos 34-20 in Week 13.
You wonder if Davis' favorite moment of the entire season wasn't the sight of watching Shanahan sit on the ball on Denver's final possession, essentially saying "uncle" as Justin Fargas ran for 146 yards, the Raiders gained 175 and ran up a 10-minute advantage in time of possession.
The Raiders beating the Broncos on the ground is real man bites dog stuff, as Shanahan's 20-6 record against Oakland since 1995 has been in great measure due to Denver's rushing superiority.
Oakland outrushed Denver 2,086 to 1,957 last season _ only the third time in Shanahan's 13 years the Raiders gained more yards than the Broncos on the ground.
What's more, it was accomplished with an offense in large measure stolen from the Broncos _ zone blocking, lots of bootlegs and and getting effective yardage from different running backs.
Whether the Raiders can continue beating the Broncos at their own game will be determined quickly _ Denver is at Oakland in a late Monday night game at the Coliseum in Week 1.
Broncos review
Denver was 7-9 in the AFC West, 1-1 against the Raiders. Ranked 9th in rushing, 11th in total offense, 19th in total defense, 30th in rushing defense.
What's new
Running back Travis Henry, a rare Denver foray into free agency for a running back, was dumped after being a no-show in the offseason program and faces a suspension under the NFL substance abuse policy.
The Broncos will run by committee with Selvin Young and free agent acquisition Michael Pittman. Fourth-round draft pick Ryan Torian of Arizona State has the classic look of a one-cut, zone-blocking runner.
Linebacker Boss Bailey, brother of cornerback Champ Bailey, joins the defense, along with San Diego castoff Marlon McCree at safety. Niko Koutovides, a free agent from Seattle, will also play a large role.
What's to like
Quarterback Jay Cutler's mysterious weight loss last season was solved. He has Type 1 diabetes and must constantly monitor his blood sugar. The word is Cutler not only looks healthy, but is throwing the ball extremely well and appears confident and secure, perhaps relieved he knows what he is dealing with.
Not content to go the usual route with castoffs, the Broncos used a first-round pick on tackle Ryan Clady, who was a zone-blocking terror at Boise State and a perfect fit for the system.
What's not
There was a lot of snickering when the Broncos cut Javon Walker rather than pay him a $5 millon roster bonus, only to have the Raiders sink some $16 million into him during free agency. It no doubt got louder when Walker ended up getting rolled in Las Vegas.
But the Broncos best not laugh too loud. The wideout expected to make the big plays, Brandon Marshall, sliced tendons in an offseason accident. He says he slipped on a McDonald's bag and fell through a television set.
Considering Denver's offseason acquisitions at wide receiver were Keary Colbert and DarrellJackson, joining Brandon Stokely, the Broncos have issues outside.
Those creaking sounds are coming from Denver's center position. They went younger at center, signing 13-year veteran Casey Wiegmann from the Chiefs and relegating 15-year vet Tom Nalen to backup status.
Tears of joy were wept in Oakland when perennial Raider-killer Jason Elam escaped to Atlanta as a free agent. The place kickers going to camp are Matt Prater and Garrett Hartley.
There were no huge moves by the Broncos in the offseason defensively despite giving up 409 points, more than even the Raiders (398).


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I knew from the beginning of my freshman year at Washington College that I wanted to be an international studies major. I wasn't sure if I wanted to concentrate in one region of the world. I spent my childhood in Morocco and have family in Germany. The summer after my freshman year, I went with Dr. Black on a trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg for a Russian Studies program. I always had a fascination with Russia and was able to see many of the historical sites such as the Hermitage and Red Square.
I met Dr. Drischler at the end-of-the-year party for international studies majors and he told me about the new global business studies concentration. The following semester, I took his class, where I first participated in the McGraw Hill Global Business Strategy Game Simulation. I was one of three international studies majors and the only sophomore taking that upper level business class. I teamed up with business management seniors Nick Handrick and Daniel Pierce to compete in the game. In the first practice round of the game, we finished last among our classmates. After the practice rounds, we moved to the actual simulation.
We were excited and thrilled that we were so successful but we also thought our ranking was vulnerable. We decided to spend more time on our decision-making process and see if we could climb higher in the rankings. The next week, we were ranked among the top 20 best teams. The week following we were tied for first place. When we told Dr. Drischler that we had became first in the world against 3,000 teams, he couldn't believe it. The teams included undergraduate students, graduate students and actual international companies using the simulation. We maintained our top ranking for the rest of the semester, earning us an invitation to compete at the next level.
This simulation was more intensive; we had to make daily decisions instead of weekly decisions. With final exams that week, it was difficult for us to mimic our former victory so we ranked somewhere in the middle. Overall it was great experience for me and my teammates for us to become familiar with the same decision-making process used by large international firms.
The spring semester of my sophomore year, I decided to take another class with Dr. Drischler, International Political Economy. After that class I decided to add a major in economics. In the spring semester of my junior year I studied at the London School of Economics and interned for the British Member of Parliament David Amess. I wrote my dissertation abroad on the current British collation government's international development policy.
In my senior year, I was part of the student-managed Alex. Brown Investment Fund, where I was the head of consumer discretionary stocks.
Campus Involvement
- Majors: Economics and International Studies
- Concentration: Global Business
- Program: Pre-Law
- Greek Life: Kappa Sigma; Delta Class, March 28, 2009
- Student Government Assoication - Senator
- Student Events Board - Committee member
- International Studies Council - Vice President
- Languages: French and Moroccan Arabic
- Study Abroad: Western Europe
- Summer Study Abroad: Summer 2009, Russia
- Internship: Summer 2009, Jaffe Group, a real estate management company
Hometown and high school? Falls Church, VA/George Mason HS
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There is still time for former U.S. Armed Forces personnel who plan on attending SUNY Canton to apply for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP).
"The Department of Veterans Affairs reserves portions of this program for technical education," noted Patrick S. Massaro, the Military and Veteran Student Service Coordinator. "SUNY Canton is the only College in the area to fit within the regulations for the retraining program."
The program offers 12 months of financial assistance to veterans who are between 35 and 60 years of age and are unemployed. They also must have been honorably discharged, among other criteria.
Prospective students and transfers can apply for the spring 2013 semester at SUNY Canton up to the first day of classes on Jan. 21, 2013. "Students seeking VRAP benefits should apply as soon possible," Massaro said. "This upcoming year [2013] will be the last full year for students to take advantage of this remarkable retraining program, due to the program's discontinuation in March 2014."
There are currently almost a dozen veterans at SUNY Canton who are enrolled in the program. The Department of Labor will assist veterans with job placement after they graduate.
SUNY Canton is among the top "Military Friendly Colleges and Universities" according to Military Advanced Education magazine, and was among the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools to be recognized as a 2012 Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs.
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There are some items that even Mike and Genuine Hot Rod Hardware don't have but that several racers might be asking for so I thought I would help out with my Christmas gift list for 2012. Santa, if you're reading this (and I know for a fact that Santa is a big drag racing fan), I have a few suggestions for the drag racer on my list (or anyone else's). I know that all of these folks have been good so see what you can do, Santa, to make their Christmas a little brighter this year.
Ron Capps.... A ring. Come on, Santa, you keep promising and teasing and I think it's about time you deliver. Ron has been among the best drivers in the Funny Car class for over a decade and he keeps coming so close to winning the championship. He already has a beautiful wife and wonderful children so the only thing he needs now to make his life perfect is a ring. Oh yeah, and a new fire suit because he gave his away at the end of the 2012 season. Wonder who the lucky guy was who got that?
Alexis DeJoria... Ok, so apparently she already is getting a ring so how about a top ten finish for her? She really was a breath of fresh air in 2012 and is a welcome addition to the Funny Car class, and with her new crew in 2013 she could contend for the championship. I enjoyed watching her race and grow into a good driver and now I'd like to see her make a run at the championship. Hey, if you can't give her a championship ring how about a tattoo of one? Just a thought.
Mike Neff... One job. He has two now (crew chief and a driver) and he's very good at both, but that has to be a lot of work for one guy (don't take my word for it, ask Tim Wilkerson) and I think he could be a star at either job. Word is that he may go over to John Force's car to be a crew chief, and if that happens, you can skip this and go on to the next person on the list, but thanks anyway.
Since I mentioned Tim Wilkerson how about a championship for him? Wait, even you can only do so much so how about a half-dozen wins for Tim and one for Daniel in 2013. Ok, so even the one for Daniel, because if that happens Tim will be the happiest guy on your list, believe me. Plus, give Tim that sign that Barry and Nancy Wallner always put up at Indy...he'll now what I mean.
Spencer Massey.... A ride. Stunning developments at the end of the season find one of the hottest young drivers in the sport on the sideline. I don't know what happened and only you know if he should be on the "naughty" or "nice" list but he's way too talented not to be driving in 2013.
Larry Dixon... A ride, wait, do you see a pattern developing here? And if there are only so many rides to go around how about a nice ESPN gig for Larry? He did such a great job with me in the booth last year and I think he could fit right in with Mike Dunn, Dave Rieff and the rest of the ESPN folks. By the way, Larry has been to Mike Goyda's place and he knows that Mike may have some things that even you don't, Santa. Really!
Melanie Troxel... See above!! Like Larry Melanie is "working the room" in an effort to get back on track in 2013. I think Melanie is the "total package" when it comes to a driving prospect and someone to represent a company. She's bright, articulate, attractive, knows the ins and outs of a car and has a great r?sum? so what more could a sponsor want?
Phil Burkart.... A ride. Hey, it's my list.
TJ Zizzo... A full race schedule for 2013. He's one of the best interviews in the class and makes a great presentation for himself and his sponsor every time he comes to the track. Plus it's cool just to see what the latest artwork that will be on his car from the great Kenny Youngblood. Ever thought about a new look for your ride, Santa?
Clay Millican.... An NHRA race win. At this
point I don't know what Clay's status is for 2013 but I hope it's racing. He's
so energetic and he may be a better interview than TZ or John Force. No
kidding! And I can only imagine what he'll be like when he wins one of these
races. Come on, Santa, help a poor
Terry McMillen.... A top ten finish. Hey, a guy can only get excited about socks and underwear so long, and that's what a finish outside of the top ten is like. Plus, he might be a better interview than TZ, John and Clay and that's saying something. Come on, from one fat guy to another, give Terry what he wants most...a spot in the "Countdown." (Note to Santa: Don't put me on the "naughty" list because of that "fat" comment, I'm only repeating what Terry has said several times....only for some reason when he says it it sounds funny).
Jim Dunn.... A reality show called "So You Want to be a Funny Car Driver." Or we could just call it "Survivor." Only kidding, but Jim is one of the coolest guys in the sport and it's great that he and the Grime Boss will be back next year.
Tom Compton.... A year with no rain...or snow. They took that "Winternationals" name to heart last year and it was a tough way to begin a season. Ok, if the folks near the races need some rain how about on Thursday and in the evenings, that should make everyone happy, especially Tom.
Jack Beckman.... A room to store his "stuff" which includes a really nice trophy he picked up last month.
Eddie Krawiec..... A wining Powerball lottery ticket. Hey, if you won 300 million bucks would you come back to race next year? I wouldn't. (Note to Santa; This wasn't my idea I'm just passing it along on behalf of all the other Pro Stock Motorcycle riders out there.)
Forrest Lucas.... A map to his house. I don't
mean a map on how to get there I mean a map of where to go once you're inside.
It may be the nicest house I have ever been in but I have to admit that I got
lost in it....and I had a GPS with me. Hey, Santa, here's an idea. How about you
give one room in that house to Jack for his stuff. Jenna won't mind and
Charlotte Lucas... See above. Oh yeah, how about a national event win for her, that would be special.
Morgan Lucas.... You're right, he already has everything.
Warren Johnson... Three more wins. I know WJ puts
on that front like he's an old curmudgeon (which he is) and he always says that
numbers don't mean anything (but they do). He's really a nice guy and three
more wins would give him 100 for his career and that would even make
Vincent Nobile... A couple of wins in 2013. He's already had two great years and there is more to come, but a couple of wins would guarantee that while I'm home watching the races on TV next year I got to watch Irene go crazy on the starting line and that would make anyone smile, especially me, and I'll need that in my retirement years.
Doug Kalitta... A championship. Doug is one of the classiest guys in the sport and I don't know how many more years he'll be driving so let's give him a title run in 2013. Even if he decides to race for ten more years let's just get it over with, ok? You know, I think the other TF drivers may actually be ok with you granting this little wish.
Robert Hight... Another run at the Funny Car championship or a World Series win for the Dodgers. You may have to check with him to see which one he wants the most (I think I know).
Ron Krisher.... Some nice quiet time with his wife, Karen. Now that he is officially retired he can take her out to dinner without worrying about who he has to race in round one the next day. I plan to take Diana out to dinner now that I'm retired and we may even go to some places that don't have drive-ins. Fancy, huh?
Larry Morgan.... At least one national event win for the Ford fans. He and they would like more but let's not get greedy. Oh yeah, you could also give him a couple of new T-shirts 'cause I think he's out of those "Stupid" ones.
Frank Manzo..... See Morgan Lucas above. Or you could try that lottery ticket deal, just in case it doesn't work with Eddie.
By the way, Santa, I would like to put everyone on your list who has been so kind to send me a card or a letter about my retirement. There have been hundreds of them, literally, and I would like to thank them all for their kindness. The cards and letters have come from folks whom I have never even met but apparently touched in some way. It has been so gratifying and I wish I could give them all what they want for Christmas. But for now I'll just say thanks to them for their kindness and I will miss them, too.
Merry Christmas to all.


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"Water was up over our knees on the main floor of the house," stated Crystal Powell of Willow River. "The floor was moving underneath us from the pressure of the water in the basement while we were gathering as much as we could from the house."
Shawn and Crystal Powell's family home was flooded twice this summer — the first time Memorial Day weekend and the second time June 20. Crystal explained what happened in June. "The ground was still saturated from the Memorial Day flooding. Water was up to the top of the hillside by 7:30 at night. The basement filled quickly with water.
"We could feel the floor moving underneath us as water came up through the heat vents and through the floorboards. We loaded our four children in their carseats and put as many things as possible in the van. We drove to my father, Dan Pince's, house. He came back with a truck and helped us get a few more things.
"But the current got too strong and we had to give up. Thankfully we were able to save a few keepsakes, photos, some clothes and our mattresses. The hardest part of the event was seeing the children cry as they watched their toys and belongings being carried away by the current. We were very thankful, however, that this didn't happen during the night," stated Powell.
The Powell family was unanimously accepted by the board of directors of East Central Habitat for Humanity (ECMHFH), to receive aid in rebuilding their new home. A couple of weeks after the flood in June, the Powells met at Willow River City Hall and contacted Wayne Eller, executive director for ECMHFH.
The family was told the house would be condemned and was unsafe to go back into because of the foundation and main support beam cracking and shifting. They were recently allowed back into the home to remove what they could, but most of their belongings were unsalvageable. The family had not obtained flood insurance because it was not required, as they were not in the floodplain and had just finished making some renovations to their home. The Powells are temporarily residing in a trailer home that was offered to rent by a local resident.
The house is scheduled to be burned October 13, if permits go through, and symbolically, will also be the day that Eller will conclude his 110-mile fund-raising walk from Habitat headquarters in Cambridge to Duluth. Eller plans to leave the Munger Trail briefly and visit the Willow River home site on Thursday morning between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
The Powells' new home is expected to be completed one year from approval, which would be the end of next summer or early fall. The home will rest on two lots that are owned by the Powells plus an adjacent lot purchased by ECMHFH. The additional lot is higher in elevation and fill has been donated to prevent future flooding.
Crystal expressed the family's thanks to Eller of ECMHFH, stating, "I have been absolutely blown away by the emotional and spiritual support given. He is a godsend."
She spoke of the continual support of Vicki Whitehouse, from Willow River City Hall, her father and his unconditional support of the family, and the city of Willow River for their encouragement and donations to keep the family's needs met.
The family selection guidelines for Habitat for Humanity include the following criteria:
– The family must work a combined total of 265 hours (this labor is called "sweat equity") on the building of the home. Once moved in, the family must be a good steward of their home.
– A housing need: The family must be currently living in inadequate, over-crowded, or substandard housing. Family income must be too low to secure conventional financing, but sufficient to make monthly payments required on a no-profit, no-interest ECM Habitat for Humanity mortgage.
– The family must have lived in the five-county service area for at least one year prior to the date on application (counties include Pine, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Isanti and Chisago.)
– At the time of application, combined family income cannot exceed a maximum amount which is listed on the ECMHFH website.
Community members can get involved by donating and/or participating in this cause. To donate, mail tax-deductible donations to East Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 529, Cambridge, MN 55008. To join the walk or learn more, contact Eller at (763) 689-0288 or visit the website at http://www.ecmhabitat.com.


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Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than thirty books, including Animal Liberation, widely considered to be the founding statement of the animal rights movement, Practical Ethics, , and The Life You Can Save. One World: Ethics and Globalization


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Spaghetti House - Woodstock Street
12 Woodstock Street, London, Greater London, W1C 2AF
- Booking
- 020 7408 0648
You must mention your Gourmet Society card when booking
- Cuisine
- Italian
- Website
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- 25% off the total bill.
- The Gourmet Society card must be shown in order for the discount to be honoured and is limited to 1 card per party, groups cannot be split to use additional cards.
- Offer will run from Sunday to Thursday inclusive. There is no maximum table size and no advance booking will be required
- Offer is not available throughout the month of December, on Valentines Day 14th February after 6pm, Easter Weekend (Friday through to Monday), Mothers Day, Fathers Day and any Bank Holidays.
- Offer is available on the a la carte menu only.
- Offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer, discount, set menu, including the childrens menu, and is not valid on take-away sales.
Spaghetti House is a small independent Italian, central London restaurant group, and is all about freshly prepared, delicious, real home cooked Italian food. First opened in 1955 by two Northern Italian friends, Lorenzo Fraquelli and Simone Lavarini, Spaghetti House is now in the hands of Simone's sons and daughter. The menu is a cornucopia of Italian classics, all made with the freshest ingredients and crafted by Spaghetti Houses talented chefs; 'fresh for you' is what they do!
The restaurants are conveniently located close to most of London's iconic landmarks and are all styled to be reminiscent of Italys own ristorantes. Pop in and enjoy a true taste of Italy, Buon appetito!
Offer and Availability
25% OFF the total bill
Get 25% off your entire bill, including your drinks. Offer applies to the à la carte menu only. Limited to 1 Gourmet Society card per party. Groups cannot be split to use additional Gourmet Society memberships.
- Fridays
- Saturdays
- December
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- 6
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