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CATHEYS VALLEY, Calif. -- The winding mountain roads in this part of the Sierra Nevadas are peppered with warning signs. From the standard caution of deer crossings to the simple yet double take-inducing extreme curvature in the highway for ''the next 38 miles."
In a state that was the first to designate a state rock, the numerous ''falling rocks" signs -- not to mention the host of fallen stones along the shoulders, make one hesitant to take in the often-breathtaking views of the mostly green mountainside.
One of the more harmless passageways in this region is Mount Bullion Cutoff in Mariposa County. The 3 1/2-mile patch that runs north-south (and at times east-west) between California State Routes 49 and 140 leads to and around the Mankins ranch.
This is where Logan Mankins grew up, where he became a man; a 6-foot-4-inch, 307-pound mountain of a man who one day would be a first-round draft pick of the New England Patriots. It is also where he would face more pain than he likely will ever see on a football field.
It was a warm summer day in 2000, a few weeks before Mankins was scheduled to enroll at Fresno State, which to his surprise had offered him a football scholarship.
As Logan and his younger brother Morgan made their way down Mount Bullion Cutoff, Logan at the wheel, something happened. Probably a busted tie rod on the front end of the pickup truck.
The steering wheel locked. Logan lost control. The truck went airborne.
Logan and Morgan -- neither wearing a seatbelt -- went airborne.
Into a bank -- down a hill -- two brothers and a truck.
The sun was up, but Tim Mankins was home, anyway. Rather unusual for the hard-working rancher, who taught his three sons that as long as there is work to be done, one must work.
''The boys have always worked hard," Jill Mankins said of her children. ''There weren't any allowances for them. They had to earn it."
From the time they were old enough to take to a horse for a full day (about 5 years old, their mother estimates), Logan and Morgan Mankins tagged along with their father as he baled hay, repaired fences, rounded up cattle, and performed other assorted jobs on his and other nearby ranches.
On this August day, Tim Mankins's work was closer to the house, and his two oldest boys, Logan, 18, and Morgan, 15, were in a truck on Mount Bullion Road.
When a neighbor pulled up and yelled at Tim Mankins to dial 911 because there had been an accident, Mankins had no idea anyone he knew was involved.
When he arrived at the scene, he found his oldest son disoriented, with a separated shoulder, busted chin, and some scratches. Morgan, the middle son, was in worse condition. He had flown through the rear window and landed in a horrible, fateful position. A few inches left or right, and maybe he would have walked away unharmed. Instead, the bed of the truck landed on his head.
Logan Mankins would later tell his mother that he remembers trying to lift the truck off his brother with his one good arm. Tim Mankins jacked the truck off his son, and held him, as he clung to life, until emergency medical personnel arrived.
The Mankinses' lives haven't been the same since.
A no-stoplight town
In April, Logan Mankins told his family to go light on the NFL Draft festivities. Despite most predictions that he would be at worst a third-round selection, he didn't want to get everyone's hopes up just in case he wasn't picked on the first day.
A difficult thing, reining in civic pride in these parts. This isn't a place where everybody knows your name. It's a place where everybody knows your blood type.
Heard of a one-stoplight town? How about a no-stoplight town? This gold rush settlement an hour north of Fresno, and just over 150 miles east of San Francisco, has maintained its small-town charm and rustic nature.
You can get Wi-Fi access to go with a double-meat burger and a beer at the Happy Burger Diner down the road in the city (Mariposa: population under 1,800).
But if you have a cellular phone addiction, it is quelled by the omnipresent cold turkey message: ''searching for network."
Catheys Valley is home to fewer than 1,000 people. When Jill Mankins says, ''Meet me at the gas station at 12:30," she assumes you'll know what she means. If not, you'll likely figure it out when you arrive in town and there's the Oasis, which according to its sign offers a market, feed store, propane, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on one side of the highway, and a ''76" gas station on the other.
Other than a small park where Logan Mankins played peewee football for one season (before it was determined that he wasn't peewee enough and was asked to play against older boys), the small elementary school (four rooms for 83 students) and the local bar (the Tap Room), that's pretty much all there is to Catheys Valley.
The sign at the end of Mount Bullion Cutoff, near the Mariposa-Yosemite Airport, lists the historic community of Mount Bullion with a population of 325, and an elevation of 2,176.
The Mankins ranch is closer to the Mount Bullion population sign, though they say they live in Catheys Valley and their address reads Mariposa. But if you mail a letter to Tim and Jill without an address or road name, they'll get it, so long as you pick a city in the area.
As you would imagine, any ''local boy makes good" tale couldn't go unnoticed or uncelebrated. The Mariposa Weekly Gazette says 250 people gathered around two big-screen televisions at the Strathearn Pavilion to watch Mankins and the Fresno State Bulldogs play Oregon State on Sept. 2, 2001.
Not only was it just the second career game for Mankins, then a redshirt freshman, he was starting at offensive tackle, a position that involves mostly blocking and grunting. And even on a big screen TV, you can't hear the grunting. Plus, it was the same day as the junior livestock auction at the Mariposa County Fair.
But the contingent of locals who would come to be regulars at Fresno State games and who have already started making travel arrangements to get to Gillette Stadium for this fall, couldn't miss that game.
No one around here knows of another young man who even received a scholarship to play Division 1 college football, let alone start in a game on national television and make it to the NFL.
''Everyone here is so proud of Logan," said Janet Bibby, supervisor of District III in Mariposa County and Logan's aunt. ''And he's so humble and quiet, you would never know he's anything but a cowboy."
Actually, Mankins doesn't even talk much about being a prize-winning cowboy. The summer after his sophomore year of high school, he banked $10,000 in rodeo prize money in team roping competitions. No bragging.
''It wasn't that big a deal," Mankins says.
College an afterthought
Logan Mankins didn't play football his first year at Fresno State because of NCAA academic eligibility rules. He is what the NCAA dubs a ''partial qualifier," which is partially a misnomer in his case.
A solid student, Mankins didn't post the necessary college preparatory test score to play college football because he didn't bother to take the SAT or ACT.
The future NFL first-rounder, No. 32 overall, hadn't envisioned himself being a Division 1 prospect. He wasn't a blue chip recruit. He wasn't even a sleeper. He was an unknown, 240-pound tight end/linebacker who believed his future involved working a ranch and being a professional cowboy on the rodeo circuit.
''I figured it was a waste of time to take the test," he said. ''People from my school hadn't really gone to college for football. A few went to a junior college, and didn't go anywhere after that. I wasn't expecting anything."
Besides Fresno State, the only other school interested in Mankins was Merced College, a community college about 30 miles southwest of Catheys Valley.
Fresno State coach Pat Hill said Mankins didn't slip through the cracks because of a lack of talent; he was MVP of his high school league in basketball, averaging a double-double, and baseball, where he was Mariposa High's best pitcher. It was because of where he is from.
''That's not exactly a place where a lot of [college recruiters] go," Hill said. ''And he wasn't the 'oh-my-God' 300-pounder then, either."
But after catching the eye of Bulldog assistant coach Tim Simons, who recruited the area, Mankins was given an opportunity at Fresno State.
With the terrible accident barely behind him -- Morgan was in a coma in a Modesto hospital -- Mankins was off to the big city alone.
''I told him that it may sound harsh, but we can't worry about you too," Jill Mankins said. ''He had always been a good kid and a mature kid, but I think he got more serious about stuff. I think he set a goal that he had to do something special."
Having his brother hospitalized (for six months, it turned out), with doctors unsure whether he would survive, was difficult for Logan, particularly since he walked away from the accident with minor injuries.
''It was really tough at first," he said. ''It took me quite a while to get over it. I didn't go crazy or nothing; I still did what I had to do. But you think about it a lot. [You wonder] if you could have done something different, if there was some way to prevent it."
Immediate impact
Ineligible to play that fall, Mankins worked out with a small group of players under the eye of assistant weight room coach Eric Mahanke. He impressed immediately.
''You look at him and he's not cut like weightlifters and he's not built like big-time athletes," Mahanke said. ''Then he'd surprise you with his strength and athleticism.
''He always lifted the most, worked harder than everybody and was such a talented athlete with great hand-eye coordination. Gifted. I didn't think much of him at first, but by the end of the fall, I was bragging about him."
Mankins's year off from football proved beneficial. After months of lifting and working out, adding technique and football-specific training to his natural strength, he said he swelled to 290 pounds, though he was listed at 320 on the Fresno State roster.
It took all of three days of practice for Mankins to be named the starting left tackle, which is considered the most demanding position on an offensive line, particularly when the team's best player is a high-profile quarterback.
David Carr, the first pick of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans, remembers Mankins challenging teammates in seven-on-seven drills that are usually reserved for skill position players.
''He wanted to be the quarterback, or receiver, he would do it all," Carr said.
Carr's best guess is that Mankins, whom teammates took to calling ''Wolverine" because of his scraggly beard, was responsible for just one sack he suffered during the 2001 season. The school says it was two.
''I'd take that now," said Carr, who was dumped on his backside an NFL-record 76 times in 2002. ''Other than being country -- and he's as country as it gets -- the thing I think of when it comes to Logan is someone working hard, giving 100 percent every day and being all about team.
''That's kind of what the Patriots have been about the last few years, so what better place for him to be? Here would have been OK."
Word is, the Texans had their eyes on Mankins as a possible second-round choice. But the Patriots snapped him up earlier than most projected.
Closer together
Morgan Mankins is the same fun-loving little brother that he was before the accident.
The accident that Tim Mankins had nightmares about. The accident that Logan Morgan doesn't talk about much. The accident that, whenever mentioned, even by her, brings Jill Mankins to tears.
The accident that left Morgan unable to speak, and in need of assistance to walk, because of a traumatic brain injury. He communicates by hand signals, some sign language, a little writing, and occasionally through a computer that he doesn't like to use.
But the sadness that overwhelmed the Mankinses in 2000 has made a family that already was a model of togetherness even closer.
And on a routine May day in a small town that few know exist, wondrous and everyday things are happening.
Kelsey, the Mankinses' youngest son, is a sophomore at Mariposa High, the quarterback on the football team, a pitcher on the baseball squad.
Jill Mankins, the proud mother, wants to wear a Patriots jersey to show support for her eldest, but on this night she doesn't because her youngest is pitching against an opponent that has Patriot-like colors.
Logan, 23, is about to become a wealthy professional athlete and a husband. He and his high school sweetheart, Kara Brindley, are parents to two small children, 4-year-old daughter Kaylee and 1-month-old son Case.
Lavish spending when he signs his contract? Hardly.
A new car for mom. A new car for the future wife (he bought her a 2003 Saturn a year ago, but with the new addition to the family, a size upgrade is in the offing).
And a new truck for Logan -- ''the biggest one Ford makes out there," not necessarily because he wants to treat himself, but because his 1987 Ford, with nearly 220,000 miles on it, might not survive the trip to New England.
Morgan Mankins, who sported Logan's jersey and Bulldogs cap to almost all of Fresno State's home games, is already thinking of traveling to Massachusetts to watch his brother play.
Jill Mankins says her mischievous middle son is wondering whether the seats at Gillette Stadium are as strategically located as the family seats at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno (seems the cheerleaders were not far away).
Tim Mankins, the father, is working.
The roads are winding up and down the mountains. The sun is up.


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More trouble for optionsXpress, the Chicago-based options brokerage firm owned by Schwab.
On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused the firm's trading arm, OX Trading LLC, with continuing its trading operations after delisting from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and deregistering with the SEC, apparently to avoid an audit.
The SEC's Division of Enforcement alleges OX Trading, under the direction of former optionsXpress CFO Thomas Stern, operated as an unregistered dealer from October 2009 to November 2010 and illegally transacted in securities while not a member of a national securities association or national exchange.
Schwab's outside counsel handling the matter, Stephen Senderowitz of the law frim Winston & Strawn LLP, said OX Trading "was closed in anticipation of the implementation of the Volcker rule."
In a statement to AdvisorOne, he also pointed out that optionsXpress fired Stern after an investigation. "The allegations against Mr. Stern relating to his post-registration conduct that are contained in the order were self-reported by the company," Senderowitz said in the statement.
According to the SEC's order, Stern terminated OX Trading's membership with the CBOE and ended the firm's broker-dealer registration with the SEC. Meanwhile, OX Trading quietly continued to conduct trading through a customer account at optionsXpress. Stern, who also was OX Trading's chief compliance officer, later fabricated and backdated an allegedly exculpatory letter purporting to demonstrate that he had properly informed CBOE that OX Trading would deregister and become a customer of optionsXpress.
This is the second spate of bad news for the company in as many days. Earlier this week, the SEC charged optionsXpress, as well as Stern, three other officials at the firm and a customer in an alleged abusive naked short-selling scheme.
In the latest announcement, Daniel Hawke, chief of the SEC's market abuse unit, said: "OptionsXpress, OX Trading and Stern have displayed a profound disregard for regulators, compliance obligations, and the regulatory requirements that dealers must satisfy for the privilege of operating in our markets. Registration of brokers and dealers is a fundamental part of the regulatory structure and provides the foundation upon which many other investor protections are built."
According to the SEC's order, OX Trading and optionsXpress became wholly owned subsidiaries of The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) in September. OX Trading, which originally registered with the SEC in 2008, was created to provide price improvement on orders from optionsXpress customers and to profit from those trades.
The SEC's order claims a CBOE examiner conveyed to Stern in early 2009 that OX Trading was required to have an annual audit based on its CBOE membership status. Despite CBOE's request, Stern refused to pay for an audit and subsequently terminated OX Trading's CBOE membership on March 2, 2009. Nonetheless, OX Trading continued to conduct the same trading through a customer portfolio margin account at optionsXpress. Stern later attempted to furnish the fabricated and backdated letter to SEC investigators in an attempt to prove otherwise.
Schwab's lawyer said: "At one point, OX Trading was registered as a broker-dealer but then deregistered in 2009 because it believed that registration was not required based on the fact it was acting as a proprietary trading firm, had no customer accounts of its own, and didn't advertise for customers, among other reasons."
After Stern was contacted by the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets, according to the SEC, Stern filed a form with the SEC on Aug. 18, 2009, to deregister OX Trading as a broker-dealer. The deregistration became effective on Oct. 17, 2009. According to an internal e-mail sent by Stern, OX Trading "stalled as long as we could" in deregistering. OX Trading continued to trade through the customer portfolio margin account at optionsXpress.
The SEC's Division of Enforcement alleges that CBOE identified the OX Trading customer account during an exam of optionsXpress in late 2009. CBOE requested an explanation about why OX Trading was not registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer.
In an internal e-mail about CBOE's request, Stern stated, "I am happy to spin this however it needs to be." Stern then sent CBOE a letter containing numerous "factual inaccuracies and no legal opinion or analysis about OX Trading's registration status."
CBOE sent Stern another letter in June 2010 informing him that it believed OX Trading was functioning as a dealer and needed to either cease operations or obtain a written opinion from the SEC confirming that OX Trading was not required to register. OX Trading did neither.
According to the SEC's order, OX Trading eventually acquired a CBOE trading permit and registered again with the SEC effective Nov. 16, 2010.
OX Trading's primary regulator, the CBOE, advised OX Trading that it disagreed with the company's decision to de-register, and thereafter OX Trading re-registered as a dealer. It remained registered until it recently ceased operations.
"OX Trading had no customers and was not a broker," Senderowitz said. "The issue that will be presented to the Administrative Law Judge is whether a trading entity whose principal function was to provide price improvement for its affiliate's customers acted as a dealer, which required registration, or as a proprietary trading firm, which did not.
OptionsXpress is a separate entity, had nothing to do with OX Trading's registration and does not belong in this case."


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I feel like such the slacking blogger!
Truthfully, there isn't much going on. Not much going on worth writing about. It just feels so incredibly January, you know? Gloomy and slushy.
I worked all weekend, which doesn't help things.
My cousin Danielle is having some mental health problems and I am worried sick, which doesn't help things.
Coworker B's replacement is going to be nobody (as in they're not going to fill his position), which doesn't help things.
The Coach still lives 2,000+ miles away, which doesn't help things.
And I know that I shouldn't care where The Coach lives or whether he's alive at all, and that doesn't help things either.
But I did recently fall in love.
With a book. I fell in love with a book.
If you've read it, kindly let me know what you think. And if you read it in the future, you'll tell me if you like it, won't you?
I'm interested to hear what other people think.
Because sometimes I am too easily moved. If that's something that you can be. Too easily moved. As though being stoic towards every book wins you an award. I'm not a literary critic. I'm just me. Stuck in another January. In love with a book and the love behind it.
I borrowed Tiny Beautiful Things from the library, but I will buy myself a copy. It is the kind of book that I need to keep close. It is the kind of book that I need to underline. Highlight. Fold down the corners. Fall asleep with in my bed. Carry with me for a long time.
Monday, January 28, 2013
A book for always
3 comments:
- k said...
I just requested it from the library. I'll let you know what I think. I read Wild and thought it was good but not awesome. But then again, this is a totally different type of book.
I too requested it from my library!
- Teagan B. Sawyer said...
Ohhh I'm going to read this then :)
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Job Fair & Success Camp June 16 in Woodland | Business
The Yolo County Department of Employment & Social Services is teaming up with Congressman John Garamendi and the Workforce Development Collaborative to connect job seekers with employers through a job fair which will be held Monday, June 16, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Yolo County One Stop Career Center located at 25 North Cottonwood Street in Woodland.
There will be more than 30 local businesses and ten apprenticeship programs represented at the job fair. Computers will be available for employment seekers to fill out applications and turn in resumes to prospective employers on the spot. Employment specialists will also be available to help craft resumes and conduct free resume reviews, providing constructive feedback to increase the applicant's likelihood of success. More than 500 job seekers are expected to attend the event.
Local businesses and apprenticeship program representatives from the following organizations will be represented at the job fair:
Local businesses represented:
City of Woodland
Masco Construction
Tiger Lines
Goodwill Industries
Home Depot
Yolo County Office of Education
and many more…
Apprenticeship programs represented:
Ironworkers 118
Sacramento Job Corps
Northern CA Construction Training
Laborer's International Union of North America
Carpenters Local 46
Drywall Lathers 9109
Operating Engineer Local No. 3
Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship Committee
Northern CA Valley Sheet Metal Industry
Carpenters Training Committee for Northern CA
A component of this event is aimed specifically at youth. The Youth College Link Success Camp partners high school-aged youth with UC Davis students and will include workshops addressing scholarship opportunities and financial aid preparation. The Youth College Link Success Camp will begin at 8:30 a.m. and participants are encouraged to attend the job fair following to have their resumes reviewed and to speak with local business and apprenticeship program representatives.
For more information on the job fair and local employment resources, visit: http://www.yolocounty.org/health-human-services/employment-social-services.


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METRO Magazine has recognized StarTran as one of the Top 200 Bus Fleets this year. Placement is based on fleet size, and StarTran's fleet of 71 vehicles put Lincoln at number 176 on the list. The number one fleet is New York City Transit with 4,336 vehicles.
"About 700 agencies with a total of 75,115 buses report fleet numbers to the NTDB (National Transportation Database), so StarTran rank of 176 is impressive," said Larry Worth, StarTran Transit Manager.
METRO reported that more than 70 percent of respondents to the NTDB were having difficulty balancing funding shortfalls with an increase in the demand for service. The magazine also noted that public transportation continues to play a role in protecting the environment and that many agencies are exploring innovations to make their systems more efficient, safe and user-friendly.
"StarTran certainly is one of those innovative agencies," Worth said. "Improvements include an automatic vehicle location (AVL) program, new magnetic strip fareboxes, digital signs with solar panels, a live online bus tracker, safety cameras, and bike racks. StarTran also is recognized nationally for its use of alternate fuels. A trip planner program is coming next year to increase convenience for StarTran patrons."
For more information on StarTran, visit startran.lincoln.ne.gov, become a fan at StarTran's Facebook page, or call 402-476-1234.


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Canadian comics man Bryan Lee O'Malley, the creator, artist and writer behind Scott Pilgrim, obviously grew up loving video games. So much so that he was designing his own Super Mario Bros. levels.
Here's one he drew around 1990. Rubine City. A city with sewers! Which not only looks incredibly detailed, but also claustrophobic and impossible. Which may explain why he went into comics and not video game design.
Did anyone else do this as a kid? Like he says in his blog post showing off the image, "i have like a ton of this stuff". I remember wasting entire days at school designing new levels for Super Star Wars and, for some reason, Landstalker.
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Padres lobby to host All-Star Game
PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres aren't just hoping to land an All-Star Game at Petco Park, they've taken steps to do more than simply get on the radar of Major League Baseball and the Commissioner's Office.
San Diego team president and CEO Mike Dee said on Wednesday that the team has made a case to Major League Baseball and the Commissioner's Office to bring the Midsummer Classic to San Diego.
"We're very focused on it and would love to host it," Dee said. "We've made our case, and now we just have to sit back and wait it out. But having the game there in July, San Diego is probably the best place for an All-Star Game."
The Padres have hosted the All-Star Game twice, first in 1978 and again in '92. The games were played at Jack Murphy Stadium, the home of the team until the 2004 season.
The 2004 season was the first for the Padres in their downtown ballpark, Petco Park.
The 2013 All-Star Game was played at the Mets' Citi Field in Queens. The 2014 game will be played at the Twins' Target Field in Minneapolis. The 2015 game will be held at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park.
All three ballparks opened after Petco Park.
The 1978 Midsummer Classic in San Diego drew 51,549 to Jack Murphy Stadium, where the National League, led by MVP Steve Garvey of the Dodgers, defeated the American League, 7-3.
Then in 1992, 59,372 fans saw the AL win, 13-6. Ken Griffey Jr. of the Mariners was named Most Valuable Player of that game.


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Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute
Institute of Technology and Life Sciences
Polish Society for the Protection of Birds
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities
International Conference
"Biodiversity conservation on farmlands at crossroads"
27-28 September 2016
International Workshop
"European Agri-Environment Schemes Best Practice
and future of the CAP"
28 September – 1 October 2016
The conference and workshop will be held in Pulawy and Kazimierz Dolny
Both events are organized within the project "Protection of species diversity of valuable natural habitats on agricultural lands on Natura 2000 areas in the Lublin Voivodeship (KIK/25)"
Project supported by a grant from Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the enlarged European Union
There is an ongoing debate on how to improve efficiency and effectiveness of biodiversity conservation of European farmlands. This discussion seems to be a big challenge as biodiversity conservation strongly depends on the existing landscape composition and the current shape of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. There is also a new debate on whether we need different approaches to conservation policy in Central/Eastern Europe, where extensively managed farmlands are among the most biodiverse ones. In this conference and workshop we want to widely discuss these issues with scientists, advisers, farmers, conservationists and policymakers and identify the ways the biodiversity conservation of European farmlands should go.
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Moderators: CakeBoy, GreenBean, Gouezeri, bruceb
Steve wrote:At the moment Joris your right it is the UK chapter, but if this is sucessful then It would be hard not to roll it out \I guess. And its SCAE members so if you can get to the UK you could participate too.
Paul L wrote:Steve, I would like o be able to get training and simply learn as others have stated.
My own contribution though would be a request for 'visibility' in coffee shops. By this I mean a good coffee shop should have nothing to hide and be proud to let you see the pour. A bit like the Oriental food in thyis Country for years behind which eventually has seen the shutters lifted and the cooking take place in front of you. The 'Good Earth' takeaways are an example of this.
When I go into a coffee shop I don't want to see a wall of machinery for baristas/kids to hide behind and leave me guessing which they are until the cup arrives. I want them to have confidence and let me see what is going on
BazBean wrote:...[snip]...lets be honest, we judge shops on our standards but we are fanatics who in reality find it impossible allmost to get the same standard we produce ourselfes. there in lies the problem as a industry IMHO, the majority serve rubbish based on the fact thats all they have most probably ever tasted themselves!!! ..they look to the chains for example and again, mostly rubbish....[snip]...
kingseven wrote:Of course I would argue that I want the back of the machine to you so I can brew your drink but still interact with you....
But thats just me!
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Sisco System said it will buy software company Sourcefire Inc. for about $ 2.7 billion to improve the network security services.
Sisco will pay 76 dollars for each share of Sourcefire, 28.6 percent higher than the closing market price premium 59.08 dollars Monday, Reuters said in a report on Tuesday.
The networking equipment company said the deal would likely close the second quarter of 2013 and estimates that there will be a dilution thin on non-GAAP earnings in fiscal year 2014.
Sisco has been losing market share in network security last year, lower than the more innovative rivals such as Networks Inc., Check Point Software Technologies, and Palo Alto Networks Inc..
Sisco compete in Web applications, social media and video streaming that require security protection is more complex than traditional firewalls.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Breza said the deal would eliminate a key competitor in the market for Check Point, Fortinet, and Palo Alto, but also strengthen the position of Sisco in the industry.
It would also create a major competitor in the network security industry, he said, adding that Sourcefire will bring the technology of real-time network awareness (RNA) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) to Sisco.


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The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The villainous Rupert of Hentzau gave his name to the sequel published in 1898, which is included in some editions of this novel.… (more)
Language: English
Published in: 1894
Word count: 53,398 words (≈ about 4 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org
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Atlassian's Crowd is a single sign-on and identity management product that many organizations use to consolidate user accounts and control which users and groups have access to which applications. Nexus Professional contains an optional security plugin that allows you to configure Nexus to authenticate against an Atlassian Crowd instance. This blog post dives into the details of Nexus Pro's Crowd support, and provides some first steps to configuring your Nexus Pro instance to authenticate against your Crowd server.
Installing the Nexus Atlassian Crowd Plugin
When you downloaded Nexus Professional, you also download a few optional plugins including the Nexus Crowd plugin. This plugin is located in the ${NEXUS_HOME}/runtime/apps/nexus/optional-plugins directory under security-crowd-realm-1.4.0. To install this plugin in Nexus:
* Copy the security-crowd-realm-1.4.0/ directory from ${NEXUS_HOME}/runtime/apps/nexus/optional-plugins to ${NEXUS_HOME}/runtime/apps/nexus/plugin-repository.
* Once the optional User Account plugin has been copied to the plugin-repository/ directory, restart Nexus and the User Account plugin will be installed.
Configuring the Crowd Plugin
Once the Atlassian Crowd plugin is installed, restart Nexus and login as a user with Administrative privileges. To configure the Crowd plugin, click on the Crown Configuration in the Securty section of the Nexus menu as shown in the following figure.
Clicking on the Crowd Configuration link will load the form shown in the next figure. This configuration panel contains all of the options that needs to be configured to connect your Nexus instance to Crowd for authorization and authentication.
Adding the Crowd Authentication Realm
Once you have configured Nexus to connect to Crowd, you must select the Crowd authorization realm from the list of available realms in your Nexus Server settings. This next figure shows the Security settings section in the Nexus Server configuration. To load the Nexus server configuration panel, click on Server under Administration in the Nexus menu. Drag Crowd from the list of available realms to the list of selected realms and then save the Nexus server configuration.
Configuring a Nexus Application in Crowd
To connect Nexus to Atlassian's Crowd, you will need to configure Nexus as an application in Crowd. To do this, login to Crowd as a user with Administrative rights, and click on the Applications tab. Once you click on this tab, you should see two options under the Applications tab: Search Applications and Add Application. Click on Add Application to display the form shown in the following figure and create a new application with the following values in the Details tab of the Add Application form:
* Application Type: Generic Application
* Name: nexus
* Description: Sonatype Nexus Professional
In this next tab you will need to configure the application connection for Nexu. You need to configure the URL of the application and the remote IP address. The next figure shows the Connection form configured for a local instance of Nexus. If you would configuring Crowd and Nexus in a production environment, you would supply the URL that users would use to load Nexus in a web browser and you would supply an IP address which was not the loopback, 127.0.0.1 address. Once you have completed the Connection form, click on Next to advance to the Directories form.
Custom Role and User Mapping
That is all there is to configuring Nexus Professional to integrate with an Atlassian Crowd instance. After you've connected Nexus to Crowd you can map Crowd roles to Nexus roles, and you can customize Nexus roles granted to Crowd users. For more information about the integration between Atlassian Crowd and Sonatype's Nexus Professional, see the Crowd chapter of the Nexus book.


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Hotel Information
The Cooper Union's Office of Admissions has partnered with the following hotels to offer our visitors special, discounted rates while visiting our campus. In order to receive the discounted rate, please contact the hotel directly and request the rate for Cooper Union. For hotels marked with an asterisk (*), you may click on the hotel link below to be taken to the dedicated booking link and receive the discounted rate. Contact information for each partner hotel is provided below. Discounted rates are subject to availability.
|Hotel Name
|Hotel Location
|Distance from Cooper
|Contact Information
Preferred Hotel Partner
|112 E 11th St.
East Village
|0.2 Miles
Use Corporate Code: COOPER
|East Village
|0.0 Miles
|Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan Downtown*
|Lower East Side
|1.2 Miles
|The Gem Hotel - SoHo*
|SoHo/East Village
|0.4 Miles
212-675-1911 / firstname.lastname@example.com
|Washington Square Hotel
|Greenwich Village
|0.9 Miles
|The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park
|Battery Park
|3.2 Miles
|917.790.2418 / email@example.com
*Clicking on the hotel name will bring you to the hotel's designated Cooper Union booking link with our discounted rate. All other hotels should be contacted directly via phone.
Looking for options other than a conventional hotel? Want to experience living in New York City during your visit? Check out some of VRBO's short-term home rentals in Manhattan!
Below are additional hotel options for out-of-town visitors that are located near The Cooper Union. Cooper Union does not currently have discounted rate plans with these hotels. This list does not include all hotels near Cooper.
|Hotel Name
|Hotel Location
|Distance from Cooper
|The Bowery Hotel
|East Village/Lower East Side
|0.2 Miles
|Hotel East Houston
|Lower East Side
|0.5 Miles
|The Marlton Hotel
|Greenwich Village
|0.5 Miles
|The Gatsby Hotel
|Lower East Side
|0.7 Miles
|Hotel on Rivington
|Lower East Side
|0.8 Miles
|Best Western Bowery Hanbee Hotel
|Little Italy/Chinatown
|0.9 Miles
|W New York - Union Square
|Gramercy Park
|1.0 Miles
|Courtyard New York Manhattan/SoHo
|SoHo/Hudson Square
|1.1 Miles
|Hilton Garden Inn New York/TriBeCa
|1.4 Miles
|Hilton Garden Inn New York/Chelsea
|2.6 Miles
|Hampton Inn Manhattan/Times Square South
|Midtown/Times Square
|3.1 Miles
Please Note: The Cooper Union's discounted hotel listing does not constitute an endorsement of any hotel property by The Cooper Union or Office of Admissions. Furthermore, the additional hotel listing and short-term rental options on VRBO do not constitute an endorsement of or affiliation with any hotel or rental property by The Cooper Union or Office of Admissions.


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GVP (Great Valley Products): A3040
|GVP (Great Valley Products): T-Rex
|Connection: CPU Fast Slot (A3000/A4000)
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Image showing RAM module attached
Closeup of Trex040 - 2266K
Hi Res Version, Front Image 1 - 194K
Hi Res Version, Front Image 2 - 267K
Hi Res Version, RAM Module - 215K
Hi Res Version, RAM Module attached - 325K
|Max Ram:
|Unknown but probably 64MB without RAM board and 256MB with RAM board.
|Ram Type:
|2 x GVP 64pin SIMM slots (without RAM board). 8 x 64pin SIMM slots (with RAM board)
There are two slightly different versions of this card. One intended for use in A4000 machines and another which was intended for use in A3000 machines. It is not known what the exact differences are, but perhaps the A3000 version does not require the infamous INT-2 fix or the A3000 may use lower profile SIMM slots due to height restrictions. The card contains two expansion connectors, one is used for adding the additional RAM board whilst the other was intended for local 32bit expansions. GVP has planned to release a SCSI-II controller for this expansion port but it appears that no local expansions were ever made
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As a regulated financial services company operating in the US, we are required to identify customers on our platform. Read on for more information on ID verification.
Troubleshooting and recovery steps for the various 2-factor authentication (2FA) options provided by Krypto-Trade.
Krypto-Trade generally makes your funds available in your account as soon as we receive payment. Since Krypto-Trade partners with various payment service providers in different geographic regions, the timing will vary according to your location and payment method used.
Krypto-Trade supports a variety of payment methods for US customers to buy and sell digital currencies, including bank transfers, debit cards, and wires.
You can find your wallet address from the Advanced menu by clicking on the drop-down arrow next to your name, located near the top right corner of any page.
To send bitcoin or ether, click the Send/Receive link on the left sidebar of any page. You'll be brought to a page that lets you send bitcoin or ether to any email or wallet address.


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State adds 11,200 jobs in August
Nevada added 11,200 jobs in August, marking the largest monthly increase in eight years. At the same time, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent.
"After all of the monthly ups and downs, we appear to be on track to add approximately 20,000 jobs in 2013 on top of the combined 30,000 created in 2011 and 2012," said Gov. Brian Sandoval.
The majority of those jobs, however, came from the hospitality industry adding back workers.
The increase follows the loss of 10,200 jobs just a month earlier.
Because of that large swing, economist Bill Anderson of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation cautioned not to pay too much attention to month-to-month but instead look at yearly increases. He said Nevada has had its best summer since 2005, adding some 7,900 jobs since June.
Churchill County's jobless rate held steady at 7.7 percent. There the decrease in the labor force from 12,900 to 12,660 was offset by a 220-person decrease in those with jobs to 11,680.
Contrary to what happened at the state level, Carson's unemployment dipped from 9.5 percent to 9.4 percent in August even though the capital lost about 200 jobs.
Carson's improvement can be explained by the fact that the city's total work force decreased by 600 since July, while the number of job-holders grew and the number employed grew by more than 400.
Reno-Sparks, too, saw a smaller labor force, down 1,300 to 218,400. Because of that, even with some 700 fewer employed, the area's jobless rate dropped from 9.3 percent to 9.1 percent.
Las Vegas reported the same situation with about 500 fewer in the work force, helping to lower the rate 0.1 percent to 9.6 percent.
Douglas County's unemployment rate fell from 9.6 percent to 9.4 percent — a total of 2,010 out of 21,400 in the market seeking work. That is 510 fewer people in the market seeking work.
Lyon County was one of the few reporting areas to see an increase in the jobless rate, up 0.1 percent to 12.4 percent. The labor force there lost 530 people during the month, but total employment fell 480.


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IDW Announces New TRANSFORMERS Digital Comic and Miniseries
IDW Announces New TRANSFORMERS Digital Comic and Miniseries
DINOBOTS enter the TRANSFORMERS PRIME world for the first time ever!
"This will be the first time comics readers will see the DINOBOTS in the PRIME world," said IDW Senior EditorJohn Barber. "It's great to be a part of building on the PRIME universe in a meaningful way. This story will have repercussions throughout different media—and, more importantly, will be exciting comics!"
Starting in August, IDW will bring a new digital comic with TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON, a prequel to the much-anticipated videogame written by Barber (Transformers: Robots in Disguise) with art by Dheeraj Verma (Escape of the Living Dead). FALL OF CYBERTON tells the origin of the DINOBOTS—as they battle their way through SHOCKWAVE's forces in a prelude to the game. The series will run for six digital-only installments on a bi-weekly schedule, and will be available on ComiXology and other digital platforms.
In November, TRANSFORMERS PRIME – RAGE OF THE DINOBOTSlaunches, linking the events of the game and TRANSFORMERS PRIMEtelevision series together. With OPTIMUS PRIME and the Ark long gone, the DINOBOTS are forced to confront SHOCKWAVE again—this time with the fate of CYBERTON at stake. This mini-series will be written by Mike Johnson (Star Trek) and Mairghread Scott, the writer of theTRANSFORMERS: PRIME animated series. Artist Agustin Padilla (Dungeons & Dragons) will take on the interiors while illustrator Ken Christiansen will provide compelling covers.
TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON ($0.99, 8 pages; full color) will be available in August in IDW's Apple iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch®, apps – Transformers Comics and IDW Comics, and on the Web at read.idwpublishing.com. The series will also be featured in the Comics by comiXology platform for iOS, Android, Web and Kindle Fire, and Comics + by iVerse.
TRANSFORMERS PRIME – RAGE OF THE DINOBOTS #1 ($3.99, 32 pages; full color) will be available in November 2012.
Visit IDWPublishing.com to sign up for updates and learn more about the company and its top-selling books.
About IDW PublishingIDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro's The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount's Star Trek; HBO's True Blood; the BBC's DOCTOR WHO; Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho's Godzilla; Wizards of the Coasts Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, and Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.
IDW's critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, while Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for markets around the world. The Hub TV Network is part of a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), in the U.S. Through the company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies." Learn more atwww.hasbro.com. © 2012 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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May 2013
2013 Miss USA hopefuls are en route to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Contestants of the 2013 Miss USA Pageant arrive today at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. They have a busy weekend of wardrobe fittings for swimsuits and gowns and then on Monday start a rigorous schedule of filming for the final telecast. Read the full article here.


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Welcome to CC Racing Engines
Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Carlo Catalanotto
CC Racing Engines
R/C boat racing is my favorite hobby away from work. When I decided to get serious and step it up a notch I bought a couple of modified engines from some of the builders out there and was not real satisfied with what I had received. Now you need to realize that for most of my adult life I have been racing professionally in the NHRA and deal with some of the sharpest engine guys in the world, so I have very high expectations. I made some phone calls and kept hearing the same name over and over. I finally made the right call and started talking with Carlo from CC Racing and realized that this guy has some serious knowledge of what is going on inside these little 2-stroke engines. I finally had someone who was a drag racer like myself who actually understood the type of questions about the things I would like to try inside these engines who had either already tested it or was willing to give new things a try. It was actually funny to hear talk of the same type of R&D that was going on inside of our Pro Stock shop going on with these little Zenoah engines in the CC Racing shop. If there was Pro Stock RC boat engines this guy was the Greg Anderson, Grumpy Jenkins, Bob Glidden all rolled into one. Well after spending time with Carlo and learning of his racing background we immediately hit it off and started going to races together and after I received my first engine from him I knew that I did not need to go anywhere else. I started going to some of the biggest RC boat races and quickly found out that I had some serious power and won quite a few big races with shear horsepower. Over the past five years Carlo and I have basically become family and I have been helping Carlo with his latest project of having all of his Zenoah and RCMK cylinders and pistons done on a CNC machine to assure that each engine was not only the best out there, but the highest quality of modifications will be the same from engine to engine. If you need any type of RC Boat parts CC Racing is the only company I recommend. You have my promise that if you get to know the people at CC Racing and see the quality of work and products that they sell you won't shop anywhere else I know I won't.
See you at the races.
Antron Brown
Driver Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster
* You can keep up with Antron at: www.antronbrown.com


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Control Solution for Modular Pallet Conveyor Platform
The Interroll Pallet Control PC 6000 is now responsible for controlling the pallet conveyor modules. The control is easy to attach to the side profile and put into operation. In combination with the Interroll MultiControl, the Pallet Control PC 6000 enables the control of 400-volt and 24/48-volt drives, offering an integrated control concept for the entire pallet conveyor system. For every requirement, be it the transport of heavy or light pallets, Interroll offers a uniform solution for different operating modes. This makes it possible to operate sections of the line autonomously, transport with zero pressure accumulation (ZPA) or to operate continuously. Depending on requirements, the systems can be controlled locally or centrally via programmable logic controller (PLC). The new integrated control concept consisting of proven controls considerably reduces the planning and installation effort. Perfectly matched interfaces and simple cabling enable the pallet conveyor system to be put into operation quickly.


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5 things you missed: DIY musical instruments, easier GIFs and more
1. Can't carry a tune in a bucket? Then turn the bucket into a tune.
A new Kickstarter-based project – Ototo kit – can turn any household object into a musical instrument. The device is a synthesizer that can turn anything considered conductive into an instrument. Not only does Ototo let you make an instrument from something as simple and analog as an eggplant, but you can also connect the synthesizer to your computer if you want to use it digitally.
Read more: This kit lets you build a musical instrument from just about anything(Engadget)
2. This app makes it easier to create animated GIFs
With the latest Cinemagram iOS update, the GIF creator has added a new camera mode that finds and creates moving images on its own. You can also add captions and share to Pinterest.
Read more: Cinemagram update takes all the work out of making animated gifs(Engadget)
3. The latest exercise craze? A 7-minute workout app
Quick Fit is an app that is similar to other seven minute workout apps – basically an intense cardio regiment, with no machine exercises – but this time with a few moves.
How does it work? Download the app, exercise, and even track your progress. The app also features a Quick Abs add-on that costs $1.99, in addition to the 99 cents the app already costs.
Read more: Quick Fit for iPhone brings more than the 7 Minute Workout to your home(TheNextWeb)
4. This is how you can tell if your Gmail has been hacked
No, Gmail wasn't hacked last week. It was just temporarily shut down, causing panic across the Interwebs. However, if you're the worrying type, this is how to find out if your Gmail has ever been hacked: In the bottom right hand corner, under your list of messages, click "Details" and a list will show locations your account has been logged-in from and what time it was last accessed.
Read more: How you find out if your Gmail was hacked(BusinessInsider)
5. Smartlabels automatically categorizes your emails for you
Gmail has introduced new functionality to their Smartlabels feature. If you have Smartlabels lab enabled, you will not only see the "Social" or "Promotions" label, but also "Travel," "Purchases" and "Finance."
Read more: Gmail's new smart labels auto categorize purchases, travel, and more(LifeHacker)


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Woman orders sandwich, steals charity donation canister, returns for food, police say
State police searching for woman who stole from Fayette County restaurant
A woman walked into a Fayette County restaurant for a sandwich and walked out with a donation canister belonging to the March of Dimes.
State police in Uniontown released surveillance photos of the woman Thursday.
Photos: March of Dimes collection can stolen from Subway
Trooper Stefanie Plume said the woman walked inside the Subway on Connellsville Street in North Union Township around 5:40 p.m. April 9 with two other women. The three placed their orders, then one woman put the canister under her sweatshirt, walked it out to her vehicle, and then went back inside to pay for her meal.
"It's tempting obviously because the money is sitting right there, and it's usually in a jar or canister or something like that to where people can see in there," said Plume, who added there was probably around $60 inside the canister at the time.
"It's disgusting. It's for March of Dimes; it's for babies who need help. Who thinks to steal from a charity like that, you know?" Tracey Tunney, general manager of the Lemont Furnace Subway said. Tunney was working inside the store at the time but was not waiting on the women.
"There were three of them. They ordered, got drinks. They spend a good bit of money here, so it wasn't something you would expect to happen," she said.
Sherri Browning, executive director for the Western Pennsylvania March of Dimes, said these canisters don't bring in a large amount of donations, but they are complementary to larger fundraising efforts. She added the charity very rarely experiences canister thefts.
"It helps raise awareness. They're there for people to see quickly, and they can easily throw in their spare change," said Browning. "The reason we raise money here at the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies. The funds that we raise go to meet those efforts, so it's all of our children and their families that suffer when this happens."
If you recognize the woman in the photos, call Fayette County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-404-TIPS or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Those who provide information can remain anonymous and may be provided a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.


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Reasons Why England Didn't Win World Cup 2010
So our all-time favourite England has been knocked out from the South Africa World Cup 2010 by Germany.
Just by looking at my Twitter feed, obtaining live results and news regarding the most anticipated match is convenient – since I believe that most of Malaysians are a fan of the England team.
Alright, besides all the normal technical reasons on why England can't win the World Cup on sports websites, I've did my mini research on other possible reasons why England crashed out.
1) The England manager, Fabio Capello, is an Italian.
It's possible that Capello felt disheartened that his home-country, Italy, has exited the World Cup in the group stages itself. Therefore, he has lost the touch in guiding England to glory.
In fact, the top 3 England coaching staffs are Italians!
So they might also felt bad after guiding Italy's rival, England, through the group stages.
2) The reward of winning the World Cup is not as lucrative as the England players' salary at club-level.
According to goal.com, each English player would receive a bonus of €475,000 (₤391,000) if they bring back the prestigious World Cup to England.
But England's top striker, Wanye Rooney for example, was offered a new £150,000-a-week contract by Manchester United before he sets off for the World Cup. As a result, Rooney can earn back the bonus in about 3 weeks!
Besides Rooney, I believe the other top players in England can earn back the lost bonus easily.
Honestly, they're good in endorsing product, increasing their value and income through advertorial assignments and making money with football.
3) The English players are too close, lovely and intimate with each other. Hence, not manly enough for football combat.
This is an image of John Terry and Frank Lampard during a practice session. It looks kinda… awkward to me. =/
John Terry and David James in another awkward position during a recent match in the World Cup.
4) David Beckham wasn't playing for England.
It was rather unfortunate that Beckham was injured and wasn't able to play.
While some fans may be sad that his expertise wasn't utilized by England, many other fans (especially the female community, and some male as well) are sad that Mr. Handsome didn't play.
Handsome always win right?
5) The goal line at Germany's goal wasn't drawn properly.
Frank Lampard of England managed to get the ball pass the goal line but unfortunately the linesman didn't allow the goal. Or… the linesman was alert and saw where the ball went, but…
The ball didn't cross the line = no goal!
Basically, FIFA's stubbornness to embrace technology is damaging the game!
But German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer believed Germany will eventually win the match even if he didn't fool the referee.
Oh well… Better luck next time England.