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Adam Lambert announces 'Never Close Our Eyes' as second single from 'Trespassing': Is this a better direction for him?
Yesterday, Adam Lambert announced on Twitter that the second single from his delayed sophomore album Trespassing will be "Never Close Our Eyes."
The album's first officially released cut, "Better Than I Know Myself," a melancholy pop-rock track that felt like a rejected Pink demo, failed to catch on with listeners and never muscled its way up the charts (it topped out at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100).
"Never Close Our Eyes," on the other hand, is lot more Glambert than Blandbert, and for that, we are thankful.
Granted, we have yet to hear a fully produced version of the new single, but a few acoustic live versions are floating around the net, which suggest that "Never" will fit into the Queen-esque pomp-rock style that fans enjoyed on Lambert's debut For Your Entertainment.
Give the track a listen below:
I'm not sold on the melody yet, but I'll take my Lambert edgy 'n' rocking rather than sad 'n' drippy any day of the week. Any American Idol fan knows that Lambert, who will perform a series of shows with Queen this summer, is an exciting, dynamic performer, so let's hope this is a sign of things to come.
What do you think? Is this a better direction for the Trespassing stage of Lambert's career? Are you a fan of "Never Close Our Eyes?"
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I believe that there was a bunch of complaining after captains starting bringing in kids just out of high school to play NTRP in an effort to get to nationals. I remember when I first started playing USTA league in 2K7 I was considered super young at 32!
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It's a pretty strong suggestion too, and it should give Democrat incumbents in the Senate yet another reason to question Harry Reid's leadership. The Economist/YouGov partnership conducted two polls on approval levels for the Supreme Court. One was taken from June 28th-30th, ending the same day that the court handed down its Hobby Lobby decision (and Harris v Quinn for that matter), and after its previously-announced decisions the week before, and the other from July 5-7, at the pitch of the hysterical overreaction to the 5-4 Hobby Lobby result. While the media and Democrats seem to believe that the Supreme Court's credibility would take a beating, the opposite turned out to be true:
In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, Americans are closely divided in how they view the Court, but there has been a slight improvement in the last week.
Although the Hobby Lobby decision was unpopular with Democrats, whose image of the Court shifted from mixed to negative after the ruling, Republicans (who were more positive about the Court to begin with) became even more positive. Favorable ratings of the Supreme Court jumped six points among Republicans, while unfavorable views rose seven points among Democrats.
But the greatest change in perception of the Supreme Court came from independents. Last week, independents were more unfavorable than favorable, this week, a majority of independents are favorable.
The change among independents turned out to be rather dramatic, actually:
That's a sea change in opinion, and it's not the only bad news for Democrats planning to make their opposition to the Hobby Lobby decision a centerpiece for the midterms. On the decision itself, a plurality of Americans favor the outcome by a 47/41 margin. Among independents, that goes to a 53/36 approval. Even among women, the target demo for this campaign strategy, the outcome is decidedly mixed at 43/46; the crosstabs show an almost even split among women who feel strongly either way, 32/34. That's hardly a ringing endorsement of this being part of the "war on women" Democrats keep claiming.
Looking further at the crosstabs for the second poll, there's more bad news for Reid and whoever decides to follow him on this path. The only region to disapprove of this decision is the northeast, and only narrowly at 40/45. In the regions where incumbent Democrats run higher risks of losing their seats, respondents support the Hobby Lobby outcome: 48/43 in the Midwest, 45/42 in the West, and a big majority in the South of 53/37.
Which Democrats want to climb aboard Reid's anti-religious-expression bandwagon with these numbers? Mary Landrieu in Louisiana? Michelle Nunn in Georgia? Kay Hagan in North Carolina? Even Al Franken in Minnesota may want to think long and hard before backing Reid's play on the RFRA amendment.
As I wrote at The Fiscal Times this week, Reid's strategy is a loser on many levels:
It attempts to restore a mandate that actually wasn't included in the law itself, but was created as a regulation without any vote in Congress. Where the RFRA was a highly popular attempt to protect and expand the ability to defend religious expression – it passed unanimously in the House and 97-3 in the Senate, both controlled at the time by Democrats – the effect of this amendment will be to limit religious expression, which won't endear Democrats to voters of faith in any sense.
Democratic incumbents in the Senate already face long odds in the upcoming midterm elections, largely because of ObamaCare and the unintended consequences of its rollout and control of the health-insurance market. Reid now wants them to cast a vote to limit religious conscience objections for products that are so widely available that the CDC couldn't detect any access issues, in what will be seen as another endorsement of the unpopular ACA.
That will come either just before a new round of price hikes gets announced, or at the same time, just weeks ahead of the midterms – price hikes that have the White House so worried that their team has already begun the spin effort to deflect attention. On top of all this, Reid wants them to expose themselves to considerable voter backlash in purple and red states for a bill that has zero chance of becoming law.
Perhaps Harry Reid might convince these vulnerable Senate Democrats to go all in on a futile endorsement of Obamacare, bureaucratic arrogance, and restrictions on religious expression ahead of facing the voters. They may instead think back to what motivated the RFRA twenty-one years ago, and wonder what Harry Reid is smoking.
A month from now, Democrats won't even be talking about it. But maybe they should seriously think about retiring Harry Reid as their majority leader before he talks America into giving Republicans a clean sweep in November.


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There will be complaints. I can already smell the onslaught of, "what about Blogger" and "Typepad is much more powerful". There will be others that say, "but Tumblr's not really a blogging platform". Let's put all of that to rest quickly...
For business blogs, Wordpress and Tumblr are the best options out there. I'd add "in my humble opinion" but that would detract from the absolute force of my opinion.
Google's Blogger has made some amazing changes recently and I would not argue against it as a decent platform, but it lacks the plugin compatibility of Wordpress and isn't quite as easy to use as Tumblr, so it doesn't fit into this particular argument. We're going to focus on the two extremes - those who want the most powerful and those who want the easiest. Keep in mind, today's blogging platforms are all easy to some extent as well as powerful. The most important criteria is access and comfort. In other words, if you're doing well and posting consistently with Typepad, for example, don't go changing because some guy says Wordpress is more powerful or Tumblr is easier. If it works with you, keep at it.
For those who want the most gadgets, plugins, and flexibility, Wordpress is the hands down winner for business blogging. It can act as a full-blown content management system for those who know how to use it, or it can stay true to its original calling and act as the premier blogging platform. There are so many themes available and dozens more being created every week. Perhaps most importantly, its PHP base allows it to works seamlessly with modern concepts such as adaptive website design and HTML5.
If your goal is to be a "power blogger" and post regularly, Wordpress is ideal. It isn't hard but there is definitely a learning curve associated with it. One does not simply start blogging out of the gate with Wordpress. Here are some of the benefits of using it, particularly as a self-hosted installation rather than by adding a free blog on Wordpress.com:
Don't get me wrong. Tumblr does have some robust features that allows it to be a strong platform for even the most active power bloggers, but that's not the reason that you use it. It's possible to post as quickly as you can type (or copy and paste in the case of image or video posts). The platform makes it super-easy to instantly format. For example, Wordpress out-of-the-box requires the embed code plugged into the HTML to present a video. You have to know the dimensions of your blog and use the old embed code from YouTube. Tumblr, on the other hand, only needs the URL. It auto-formats it to the right size - no embed code needed.
If you are more concerned about the ability to get content posted easily and quickly and less concerned about whether it's perfectly formatted, Tumblr is the right platform for your business. Here are some of the benefits:
Again, and I cannot stress this enough, all of the major blogging platforms are powerful and easy. You can do a ton with Tumblr and you can post quickly to Wordpress. It really comes down to preference and what feels right for you. Whatever it takes to get you excited and active as a blogger for your business - that's the right platform with which to go.
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Ralph and Tim, if I had my preference dealers would be allotting the resources to run unique blogs on all of the major platforms. I chose Wordpress and Tumblr because my hope is for dealers to, at the very least, get started with developing a single blog, something that most are not truly doing. Blogger is a great platform and has advantages over the other two, but it loses a bit on social. It's actually better for rankings that Tumblr for sure (and if you've seen it outrank Wordpress as well, Ralph, I believe it's definitely possible) but it is still a tweener - less powerful than Wordpress and not as easy as Tumblr.
Alexander and Justin, you're right. There are so many plugins for Wordpress that give it the status as most robust. I've contemplated the idea of building dealer websites from the CMS itself, but it's simply beyond my and my company's development abilities. PHP is amazing in the hands of masters and a mess in the hands of those who specialize in other formats.
Yoast's is quote good. In fact, he's obviously one of the big players in the WordPress world. You see his names plastered everywhere and at conferences, etc. Like you said, much more powerful, but it takes some time to configure (tried it and deleted it, seemed heavy) and I've found it to be overkill.
Like you've said, quality content is quality content. IMO, Yoast's tool is if you need to hyper configure your SEO settings. There's another article on this site referencing the use of tags (most WP blog systems offer the option of it can be installed easily enough). Tag production through WordPress has helped my SEO.
Ex: #8. /tag/pittsburgh-cars/ 1,345 14 00:03:02 194 57.14% 53.85% $0.00 (Metric for the 8th ranking entry point for my blog, data measured via my analytics package)
Alexander, Thanks! Its an easy analogy for GM's to understand. I love that plug-in for SEO, by far one of the longest running and most consistent one out there. Excellent for beginners and has some neat advanced features if you really want to play with it, but in my experience, basic works pretty good if you have quality content. Ive just recently started playing with a Yoast SEO plug-in and its a lot more advanced than the all-in-one, but so far Im seeing some great results with it on the few sites im testing with. Not sure if im getting any additional benefit to the added time im spending configuring it, but Im tracking everything (incl config time) and will have some data in the next 30 days or so.
Well said Justin, interesting analogy and a good one. Outside of the fact that WordPress forces you to be SEO compliant in many ways. This plugin alone knocks it out of the park: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Im a wordpress guy all the way. Have been using it for years and have built more than 600 blogs using wordpress. For its ease of use, unlimited plug-ins, and huge knowledge-base online, there is almost nothing you cant do with wordpress, and, Its very SEO friendly. Whenever ive explained it to new clients and they ask if it will do something, I always tell them WP is like your iphone, "there's an app for that".
Having used WordPress to build a number of full blown websites and automotive retail blogs and having measured their success (evergreen content ranking and conversions), I'm partial to the WordPress platform. As you guys have said, you can run both, but I'd be careful of duplicate content production. Googlebot might not necessarily penalize you for duplicating the content on two separate blog soures. However, it's surely not going to earn you more SEO juice, nor credibility as a content source.
WordPress is obviously a much more robust system (not just a blog but a full blown CMS software platform), highly supported in terms of the open source development community, is easy to use and is highly interactive. Plus, plenty of free and affordable plugins, etc.
To be honest with you, it wouldn't be that hard to produce dealer sites within WordPress, could easily be hacked to do it with inventory installations, API integrations for service and parts tools, etc. One day you'll find a comprehensive theme developed that is flexible enough to fulfill the requirements of the most needy automotive retailer and the bonus, a seamlessly integrated blog. There already a few out there, obviously not going to suffice for OEM controlled stuff.
List: http://themeforest.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&category=wordpress...
From an SEO perspective, it's a lot smarter to use a software platform that seamlessly integrates your blog or at the very least within the subdomain of your site http://blog.yourdealership.com.
I have to chime in and agree with Tim Martell... Why chose one or the other? If you are a "personal blogger" I can see focusing on one or the other, but as a business, it seems like resources should be assigned to create, post and optimize content around all the major blogging platforms. Also, I have seen Blogger emerge as a much stronger SEO platform over the past few years, and at the risk of revealing something I actually do not want my competitors to discover (but know they will, eventually) I have seen the exact same content published onto Wordpress, Tumblr, Ning and Blogger, then the Blogspot.com page appear as the first or second SERP ranked result for a keyword search, while the other platform based identical content did not even show up on the first page. This includes content published to proprietary Wordpress sites on publisher owned DNS. My own opinion is that Blogger has already emerged as an SEO powerhouse and will continue to get stronger... BTW, the people that argue with me that this is not true are the same people that argued with me when i said Google had already started to filter dealership reviews from appearing... a year ago!
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Empowering our next generation
- Editorial: Empowering our next generation
- To the point: The consequences of vehicle automation, from childhood tinkerer to supercomputing expert, carbon releases in the Arctic, and more
- Early-Career Researchers at ORNL: Looking to the future of science ... When soils exhale ... Where there's a willow, there's a way ... Computing by the atom ... Better computing through math
- Focus on Manufacturing: Printed components benefit from manufacturing–computing collaboration
- Focus on Transportation: Plug-free wireless charging demonstrated at ORNL
- Infographic: Carbon Fiber Technology Facility
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- Focus on Nuclear: Charmed half-life: Target used to discover element 117 took a circuitous route to Russia
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- ORNL and Clean Energy Research: ORNL and clean energy, In praise of the power grid, ORNL researchers go for a big impact, Grad students create biotech company
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Chris Brown is speaking out after ex-girlfriend Rihanna's explosive interview with Diane Sawyer for "Good Morning America" and "20/20."
"While I respect Rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us," the singer said in a statement to MTV News. "I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point, I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well. Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God."
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In her interview, which aired in full on Friday, Rihanna discussed in detail her assault by Chris, telling Diane, "He had no soul in his eyes, just blank."
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However, Rihanna said she still cared for Chris, and wished him the best.
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Star Wars - Knights Of The Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords - Platform: XBox
Cheat Node:
The Cheat Node is a menu that can be accessed in the back rooms of the Jekk'Jekk
Tar tunnels. Much like the Galaxy Droid from the original Star Wars: Knights Of
The Old Republic, there are interesting features in this hidden menu. Some of
them can skip you ahead in the area, such as "Skip to final sequence", while
others seemingly do nothing, such as "Delete Mira". To access the Cheat Node,
climb out of the pit after defeating your opponent (Mira or Hanharr). Go through
the door that leads out of the pit, after defeating the Ubese, then take the
left-most door. There is another door directly ahead of this where the Node is
located. Upon entering this room, defeat the three Ubese. Immediately after you
defeat the last Ubese, move your character to the wall directly opposite of the
door and keep moving towards it. If done correctly, your targeting reticule will
turn blue and select the wall for a moment. Immediately press A. You are now in
conversation mode with a Ubese who is behind the wall in the room with the exit.
You are now able to access the Cheat Node.
Change voice pitch:
While playing the game, hold Black or White on controller four to increase or
decrease the pitch and speed of the voice dialogue.
Alternate dialogue:
Successfully complete the game two times, once with a Light side ending and
again with a Dark side ending. Start the game a third time to have new dialogue
choices appear during the game.
Alternate menu:
Successfully complete the game and your character will appear on the main menu.
Infinite Light side points on Korriban in Shyrack cave
When in the hidden tombs inside the Shyrack cave on Korriban, you will enter a
dialogue with Kreia. It does not matter what you choose until your friends
materialize. At first, side with them and say that Kreia is a Dark influence.
Then, when she protests, side with Kreia to defend her. You will receive Light
side points, and Kreia will remain there until you choose differently.
Infinite Dark side points:
After the Ithorians call you asking for your help, go to them and see the
Ithorian in the plant room. He will ask you to help save their leader, Chodo.
Ask him for a reward, then leave them on their own. Do this repeatedly to get
more Dark side points.
Infinite Dark points:
If you go to the Dark side, eventually you will get a Wookie in your party named
Hanhar. After you have answered all the "Influence" needed questions and learned
that he killed his people and everything else, ask him why he follows you. He
will reply that it is the way of a predator and prey and the strong and the
weak. Either ask if that means he serves you or that one day he will kill you
like he did Mira. He will say something about the life debts. Ask him about
them, then say something along the lines of that it is foolish to hold on to
them or ask why he still cares about them. He will say he cannot abandon all the
ways of his people, but do not stop pressuring him. Eventually you will say that
he is weak or that he will always be his own prey. You will get a success in
influence success and grant him a +2 Strength -2 Intelligence bonus. If you do
this enough times, it will subtract too much and boost his intelligence over 100
to 200 points. This lets you max out his skills. When you do this, you will get
Dark points along with 1000 experience and +2 Strength.
Infinite experience on Nar Shaddaa:
Upon entering the refugee camp, speak with Odis. He claims to be sick but cannot
do anything about it. He says that the caretaker might help. You must then
eliminate all the Sirocco gang members to the east. This can be done by starting
a fight with their leader. After they have been eliminated, make your way to the
"squid"-looking Exchange leader to the west. You will be given a choice to tell
him about Odis being sick. Persuade the "squid" to make more for the refugees.
If you succeed, he will ask you to eliminate him. Respond that you will think
about it and the conversation will end. You will receive 1,000 experience points
every time you persuade him to make more room. This works because the choice to
persuade him always occurs when you speak with the Exchange leader.
Infinite components:
Using the "Handmaiden's Robe" trick, breakdown the robes on the workbench to get
20 components. These can go a long way, for melee shields, energy shields, etc.
Repeat this as often as desired. It is better to breakdown her robes than
valuable merchandise. Note: If you sell it, you can get about 2,600 credits
depending on your status with the vendor. By doing this, you can sell them and
buy cheap items to break down instead of breaking down the robes.
Infinite influence with Kreia:
Note: You must be a male character to do this trick. When talking to Kreia, ask
her what is wrong with her eyes. She will then tell you that she does not need
to see. She will then tell you to close your eyes. Answer "All right". She will
then show you visions of what The Handmaiden is doing in the cargo area. After
that, she will talk about T3-M4. She will then stop talking and you will be out
of the conversation screen. You will gain influence from her, and you can do
this any number of times so that you can see her at the time that she was on the
Dark side.
Duplicate items:
This trick requires that your character is male, have The Handmaiden, and have
decent influence with her. Once you get to the second dueling chance, go off
ship with her. Equip her with whatever you want to duplicate. Then, go back on
the ship. Enter into a duel with her (the second duel). You will automatically
have your armor taken off. Just before the targeting reticule turns red, pause
the game. Then, go to the equip screen and put on whatever armor you want on her
and yourself. The game will take you out of the duel, but you will stay in
battle against The Handmaiden. Kill her (do not worry about doing this). You can
then loot all the equipment she had on her. Exit the ship. Return back to the
cargo hold and she will be there again, with whatever you had on her originally.
Note: Sometimes the secondary weapons will also be duplicated; make sure to
equip something in them as well. Sometimes her will get down to 1 HP yet will
not die. In this case, just exit the ship with her. Heal her outside then head
back in. Also, if you want to duplicate lightsabers you must have her as a Jedi
first. Additionally, on the Harbringer, just before Kreia is about to fight
Sion, equip her with the best items that you have (weapons only). After she
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County has announced the 2013 Niagara County Fair kickoff event, the Farm-City Breakfast, will be sponsored by Niagara County Community College.
On July 31, more than 600 people will enjoy a homestyle breakfast in the food tent at the Niagara County Fair located on the fair grounds at 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport. The festivities begin at 8 a.m. Tickets for the Farm-City Breakfast are available now in the CCE-Niagara County administrative building or the day of the breakfast for $7. The NCCC mascot will be at the breakfast with a free giveaway.
The guest speakers at the Farm-City Breakfast will be Julie Blackman and Lisa Tucker. Blackman is a native of Niagara County and sixth-generation worker at Blackman Homestead Farm in Cambria. Blackman is also the owner and operator of the Farmers & Artisans local foods market located in Snyder, and has served on the Niagara County Farm Bureau board and Niagara County Planning Board.
Tucker recently joined CCE -Niagara County as the new agriculture economic development and food systems educator. She will be focusing on projects and programming that further develops local and regional food systems. Tucker is the owner and publisher of Edible Buffalo magazine, and the co-founder of Field & Fork Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a thriving regional food system in Western New York through education and outreach.
The 2013 Niagara County Fair will run from July 31 through Aug. 4. This year, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County, Niagara's Choice Credit Union, Cornerstone CFCU and Niagara County Community College sponsor the event.
For more information and updates, visit www.cceniagaracounty.org.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization. Net proceeds from the fair support CCE-Niagara County programming, which benefits children and families of Niagara County.


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The first three games of the Bret Bielema era at Arkansas were highlighted by dominant displays in the fourth quarter.
The Razorbacks protected leads by leaning on their offensive line, stringing together long drives that chewed up the clock and wiped out an opponent's upset hopes.
Arkansas found itself back in that comfortable position once again at Rutgers, building as much as a 17-point lead in the second half of its first road game. This time, the Razorbacks grind-it-out-mentality couldn't match Rutgers quarterback Gary Nova's leadership, punt returner Janarion Grant's big plays, and a Scarlet Knights defense that refused to be beaten by Arkansas' ground game Saturday.
Arkansas — playing without starting quarterback Brandon Allen — watched its big lead evaporate into a 28-24 loss in front of an announced crowd of 51,969 at High Point Solutions Stadium. The Scarlet Knights capitalized on Arkansas' mistakes and late struggles, scoring three touchdowns in a 12-minute span to stun the Hogs.
It was Arkansas' second straight loss to Rutgers (3-1), one that kept the Razorbacks (3-1) from opening 4-0 for the first time since 2003.
"It's hard to swallow obviously," Arkansas center Travis Swanson said. "Don't know exactly what happened. We didn't really finish the fourth quarter."
Rutgers' comeback was fast and furious; the complete opposite pace Arkansas had hoped it could dictate in the fourth quarter Saturday.
It began with Grant's 58-yard return for a touchdown late in the third quarter. He fielded a low punt by Sam Irwin-Hill and was untouched, weaving through a big hole in Arkansas' coverage team for a touchdown that gave Rutgers some momentum.
It was Rutgers' third special teams touchdown of the season, but the score alone wasn't a back breaker. Arkansas still had a 10-point lead entering the fourth quarter, which it had dominated all season. The Razorbacks had outscored their first three opponents 21-0 and had an overwhelming time of possession edge (35:46 to 9:14).
"We were thinking as an offense we've got to put those guys away and we needed one more touchdown to do that," Arkansas receiver Javontee Herndon said of the 24-7 lead. "But we couldn't get the job done."
But backup quarterback AJ Derby — who completed 14 of 26 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in place of Allen (shoulder injury) — and the Arkansas offense couldn't move the ball to help its struggling defense and it proved costly.
Nova did, though, even if he didn't enjoy a good start after throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown in the second quarter. He also lost two fumbles a week after being knocked out of the game because of a concussion.
Nova directed Rutgers on a 98-yard touchdown drive early in the fourth quarter, marching his team six plays in just 1:44. Nova capped the drive with a 33-yard touchdown pass to receiver Leonte Carroo on a fourth-and-12 play.
Arkansas was forced to punt after five more plays and, once again, Grant came up with another key special teams play. This time, he returned Zach Hocker's punt 47 yards deep into Arkansas territory to give Rutgers the ball at the Razorbacks' 33.
Nova responded with a four-yard touchdown pass to Carroo six plays later.
"He's a battler. He's never going to quit," Arkansas defensive end Chris Smith said. "We made a lot of good hits on him, but he's never going to quit. That's what he showed last year. He made a lot of good passes in the fourth quarter."
Nova, who threw for 397 yards and 5 touchdowns in last season's 35-26 win at Arkansas, enjoyed another big day against the Razorbacks. He threw for 346 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Scarlet Knights to the comeback win.
"I think the way we kept believing the whole time — the sideline was awesome — and when we had the chance, we took advantage of it," Nova said. "I think we all want to get better and clean up some of the things in the game, but in the fourth quarter, when the game was on the line, we stepped up and made plays."
Arkansas had no answer after Rutgers' go-ahead score Saturday. Derby tried to lead the Razorbacks on a game-winning drive, but it stalled with 2:48 left. Arkansas decided to punt the ball away and hope for one more chance, but the defense couldn't stop Rutgers from running out the clock and polishing off a big win.
Rutgers enjoyed it afterward, too, with coach Kyle Flood and his team celebrating on their home field after beating an SEC opponent. Arkansas was the first SEC team to play Rutgers on its campus and the fifth-largest crowd in stadium history loved the result, showering the Razorbacks with chants of S-E-C as they left the field.
"I think that snapshot is a football team that can compete with anybody in the country," Flood said. "A fan base that is in love with college football and when they come to the stadium, we'll be as imposing a 12th man as there is in college football."
Arkansas, meanwhile, will remember the trip as a missed opportunity.
"I told our guys, until we learn that all of those things that take away from a yard here, to penalties to missed opportunities to all the little things that happened out there (Saturday), we won't win all of the ones we're capable of," Bielema said.
The Razorbacks were able to build their lead thanks to big plays from the defense (Tevin Mitchel's 26-yard interception return for a touchdown, five sacks and three forced turnovers) and some successful trick plays. Irwin-Hill threw a 24-yard completion to long snapper Alan D'Appollonio in the first half to set up a field goal, while tailback Jonathan Williams tossed a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Hunter Henry in the third quarter to help the Razorbacks open up the 24-7 lead.
But the defense missed chances to put the game away in the fourth quarter, with potential interceptions going through the hands of Martrell Spaight and Otha Peters.
"We were punching them and punching them, but we knew they were a good team that was going to fight their way back," Smith said. "We just let it slip away from us."
And Arkansas' offense finished with just 283 yards, including 101 on the ground against a defense that entered the game ranked fifth in the nation against the run (59.3 yards a game). Alex Collins (16 carries, 74 yards) and Williams (12 carries, 25 yards) both saw their 100-yard rushing streak end at three games.
"It's something that we focus on and, you know, our offense thrives on," Williams said. "So not being able to run the ball kind of hurt us. But we're just going to go to next week and recuperate and play our game."
The road doesn't get any easier for the Razorbacks, though.
Texas A&M will come to Arkansas with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel. It starts a four-game stretch against ranked SEC opponents.
"It's a hurt locker room now, but they know we're in SEC play now," Bielema said of his team. "We put it behind us and move forward."