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ECU’s best record in the American was its first year in 2014, with a 5-3 AAC mark. McNeill was fired after the next year, when ECU went 3-5 in the American and former athletics director Jeff Compher stressed that the Pirates needed to rise in the AAC.
Things have gotten worse since then, and Compher isn’t around to see the downward spiral continue.
The Pirates don’t have an AD and they are staring at a big challenge to increase their standing in their league.
Is it coaching? Is it quarterback play? Funding? Facilities? Recruiting?
There are many opinions on the reasons behind the downfall of East Carolina football, but it is clear that the winning days of Conference USA have been replaced by routine losses in the American Athletic Conference.
surely im just slow but where is the tv schedule for preseason?
I have a few sutter bobbles to trade. Its my only ones so im not to picky on who I get in return. Cam would be nice. Let me know.
I want to start off by saying that I am a fairly newer hockey fan so I may come off as a little ignorant.....With that being said, has anyone ever thought about the fact that with Wesley, Francis, and Brindy helping out these younger kids on and off the ice, that is where these newer guys will learn and still have the awesome leadership? Except the obvious fact that they won't be playing on the ice with them. Do these guys still have a high level of impact on the younger crowd off the ice as well? I want to believe so. With that in mind, if what I believe is the case, I think this season we are in for a treat. As a canes fan I stand behind JR's decision 100% and have a good feeling about these guys. I mean how bad is it REALLY? We have a bunch of awesome players like Ward, Stahl bros., Gleason, Pits, Sutter, La Rose...list goes on and on. Come to think of it with people like these guys not only do I think that the veteran moves we have made will pan out, I think it will be the best decision of all. Mainly because (and maybe it's wishfull thinking) the other people on the team like Ward, gleason, and La Rose will hopefully mature a little more (come out of the shyness so to speak) and "step up to the plate" to become the next leaders of this team and also help get the newer guys aclimated and get them to full potential. Do I think that its going to be perfect? No, but I do believe it will work out better than expected.
Well the guy has one heck of a slapshot and he can put the biscuit in the basket to boot. I for one am glad to have him back because he brings something to the team that it lacks without him. I'm happy with the deal as long as we have some other players to compliment (which I think we will) Maybe free agency will throw us a suprise or two.
I may be alone on this and thats fine but, 1.) To me Cam was no highlight of last year. Don't get me wrong Cam is my favorite player but to me he was over shadowed by his amateur peers. His %age does'nt make sense to what I saw. Not to mention he was out alot this past season. 2.) Bring babs back. The guy has a wicked slap shot and an attitude to match but attitudes can change. He would fit in again well and help boost the D on the team. Maybe put him with some of the AHL guys. He has been a proven player. Disclaimer: I am still fairly new to hockey and try to keep track of whats going on. Please inform me of any ignorance I may be displaying.
The Race for the #1 pick in 2010!
[quote name='carolina_kat wrote: jb_online'] We wont earn a top three pick, but this is a strong draft and we'll get a lot of good young talent anyway. It's not like the only good players in this draft are Hall, Seguin and Fowler. Go Canes Wrong, every scouting report says that there is a big drop off after Hall, Sequin and Fowler.No, not wrong in every right. Look at just about every mock draft site on google. Just about all of them said we should end up with four decent guys. One of them being Brett Connolly. Have you seen his stats? Best rookie of the year period. Add him to the line of whitney and staal etc.. and you could see magic. Maybe even wake up staal a bit.
So my question is, as still a new but avid canes follower is....The chances for the playoffs out the window for sure now? I don't get how the scoring system works in hockey yet.
None of the above. Joey Gladstone from Full House.
It's awesome to see at the beginning of this thread about giving nolan those tickets. What a very unselfish thing to do. I literally have tears in my eyes. My eyes have been open to life as my gf's mother has been battleing pancreatic cancer for the better part of 2 1/2 years. Although not my mother she has been like a mother to me. I feel your pain in knowing what it's like to see a parent in that condition or even worse not having them here. I deal with selfish people on a day to day basis and it really says something to me to see that something someone loves so much (hurricanes tickets) they are willing to give to someone else at the drop of a hat and have no clue who they are. We need more of that in this world. God bless you and God bless Nolan and his family. Go Cains!
More room for me to buy them. Thanks!
I went to the carnival and I was disapointed that as soon as I got to the tent to get a bracelet, they said they were all out of them. Maybe I should have gotten there sooner but I wish they would give out more. I was more disapointed knowing that for one, I drove from Fuquay, stood in line, and then got all the way to the front for nothing. I did go buy a hat and a shirt becuase I still love the canes but it was a craphole day for me personally. I was by myself so I didnt care to spend the rest of my afternoon waiting for the game to start at 2:30pm when it was 10:30 at the time. If I was not alone that day I probably would have went.
Apparently Nic Wallin comes into Home Depot in Apex all the time. My co-workers see him but I never do. They just let him shop.
It's Been Fun. But Seriously, Folks, It's The Presidency.
Since at least the turn of the 21st Century it's been a time-honored tradition to bring in the clowns and have some fun with the quest for the highest job in the nation. You would think the duties and obligations of the presidency of the United States would cause most people to turn and run and keep on running, but every four years the most unlikely characters come out of the woodwork, shouting, "Hey, I could be president! Why not? How hard could it be?"
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Hi Dagbloggers: If some of this looks familiar it's because I built this blog around a comment I made a few days ago. My blogs won't be all Hillary all the time, I promise!
So it's Clinton vs. Sanders. Can't We Just Be Frenemies?
Yesterday Joe Biden stood in the Rose Garden with his wife Jill and President Obama and announced he wouldn't be running for president. (Thank you, Joe, you did the right thing. I love you.) It's still early in the election season (WAY early. Did you know Canadians can only campaign for 78 days? Must seem like a damned eternity, right?) but unless a dark horse comes up from behind, it looks like it'll be a run between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
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What If The Second Amendment Didn't Exist?
Once upon a time, long before The National Rifle Association stopped being a reasonable, responsible hunter's association and became the NRA, the Second Amendment was looked on, if at all, as a remnant of the olden days, when the writers of the Constitution saw fit to assuage the fears of the states by assuring them they could form their own state militias in case the federal government got too bossy, thinking they owned the place.
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Obama Says He'll Politicize Guns. NRA, Fox, GOP Say No Way, That's Our Job.
. . .And, of course, what’s also routine is that somebody, somewhere will comment and say, Obama politicized this issue. Well, this is something we should politicize. It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic.
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Ramona used to write nice feature pieces for newspapers and magazines, along with columns that, yes, got testy once in a while (Ronald Reagan was president. What could she do?) but were basically and overall nice.
. . .then came the hanky-panky and subsequent impeachment of Bill Clinton! Then Bush v. Gore! Hanging Chads! Katherine Harris! Supreme Court busy bodies! 9/11! War with Iraq! (Iraq??) The right wing! The religious right! The TEA PARTY, for God's sake!
Whatever she is today is the fault of all of the above. She is not to blame.
ONE of the star chefs from ITV’s smash-hit teatime Taste The Nation series is planning a new mission in Denbighshire.
Royal favourite Graham Tinsley will be recreating dishes from the TV show as a way of tickling the taste buds of visitors to this summer’s Gardening Show at Llangollen.
Graham is currently matching wits and recipes with the likes of Anthony Worral-Thompson, Nick Nairn, Ed Baines and John Burton Race in the popular TV show.
The chef/director of the Nant Hall Hotel, Prestatyn, and the Castle Hotel, Conwy, captains the Welsh sides from Denbighshire and Monmouthshire as they take on teams of amateur cooks from around the UK.
Fans of the television show can see Graham performing live in the kitchen theatre at The Gardening Show at the Royal International Pavilion at Llangollen on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.
“I absolutely adore doing the TV series, it’s fantastic. We have loads of fun,” said Graham.
The TV series showcases the very best of regional ingredients as the teams are inspired by their region’s recipes and traditions.
Graham has recently returned from Scotland with the Junior Welsh National Culinary Team, which he manages, where they competed in the World Culinary Grand Prix. The team of five Welsh chefs, all under-25, won a gold medal and finished fourth overall.
With so much going on, Graham still makes time to work in his own kitchens at the Castle Hotel in Conwy and at the Nant Hall, in Prestatyn, where he has worked for the past eight years and is the chef/director.
“I have been a chef for 35 years and I love it. You have to be very passionate about food.
The Gardening Show has been called ‘the garden party of the year’ by both exhibitors and visitors. In addition to the cooking demonstrations, there will be stunning horticultural displays and stylish outdoor living displays.
The show will be held at The Royal International Pavilion showground on the weekend of June 6 and 7.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt team up in the trailer for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's latest film about the industry's "golden era."
DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, a TV actor trying to stay relevant, while Pitt plays his aloof stuntman Cliff. The trailer is all candy-colored '60s nostalgia with barely a glimpse of the rest of the star-studded cast, which includes Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning – and the late Luke Perry. We do see Margot Robbie as real-life actress Sharon Tate, who was murdered the year this movie takes place.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits theaters July 26.
PANJURI KACHARI, INDIA (AFP) - A smartphone footage shows two blood-soaked men pleading for their lives. Moments later, they are dead, two more victims of lynchings sparked by rumours spread on Facebook and WhatsApp in India.
The two men were young and well educated. Gregarious, dreadlocked musician Nilotpal Das, 29, and his businessman friend Abhijeet Nath, 30, were both from Guwahati, capital of the north-eastern state of Assam.
On the fateful day last month when they were beaten to death by a crazed village mob wielding bamboo sticks, machetes and rocks, the friends were driving back from a day in the country, near a popular waterfall.
"He liked to listen to the sounds of nature to find inspiration for his music," his grieving father Gopal Chandra Das, 68, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) at their home, the television table in the living room now a shrine to his son.
Viral rumours about kidnappers, spread through Facebook and WhatsApp, have led to the lynching deaths of about 20 people in the last two months in India, according to a tally from local media reports.
The Indian authorities have scrambled to respond, but awareness campaigns, public alerts and Internet blackouts have had limited success in deterring the spread of misinformation.
Instead, officials blamed WhatsApp for the "irresponsible and explosive messages" being shared by its 200 million Indian users - the company's largest market.
WhatsApp said it was "horrified" by the violence and promised action. The social media giant took out full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers offering "easy tips" to sort fact from fiction on its platform.
"Together we can fight false information", the slick ads declared.
On their June 8 excursion, the two men were unaware that "fake news" on child traffickers had been spreading on social media in the area.
In the isolated, impoverished district of Karbi Anglong, Facebook and WhatsApp have become the new word of mouth, and messages on the platforms - however outlandish - are often taken as gospel.
Late in the day, the two men were sitting by a stream when a villager confronted them, causing an altercation. The young men left in their car in a hurry, but their antagonist warned the next village they were coming.
"He made a phone call. He said that child kidnappers were on the way, that they needed to be stopped," said Gulshan Daolagupu, deputy division chief of Karbi Anglong.
The mob surrounded the car on the country road. Convinced they had caught the child kidnappers, they launched a savage attack, posting videos of the killings online.
An inquiry is under way to establish whether the suspect who instigated the attack, a 35-year-old taxi driver, genuinely believed he had caught the purported child kidnappers or whether he had ulterior motives. About 50 people have been detained over the attack.
"Had social media not been there, had this been 2014 - Facebook was not there, smartphones were not cheap - this would not have happened," said G.V. Siva Prasad, superintendent of police in Karbi Anglong district.
"The speed at which it goes, nobody can address it, it is almost the speed of light."
One month after the incident, the village of Panjuri Kachari is almost deserted. Only a few women, children and elderly people remain. The men are behind bars or on the run.
Lynchings based on misjudgment or malicious information are not a new phenomenon in India. But the spread of smartphones and Internet access in the country's poorest and most isolated areas has exacerbated the problem.
Close to half a billion Indians are online, most accessing the Internet via their smartphones. India was the fastest-growing market for smartphones in 2017.
Internet penetration in rural areas, though low at 20 per cent, is growing. The tumbling cost of handsets - many priced at well below US$100 (S$140) - coupled with cheap data plans, is attracting many first-time users to the Internet.
For researcher Abdul Kalam Azad, the lynchings in Panjuri Kachari must be seen in the particular context of Assam state, which is a patchwork of ethnic tribes and has been routinely hit by intercommunal strife.
"Assam has been experiencing violence for a long time. In this situation of conflict, fake news becomes more dangerous, more violent and that's evident now," he told AFP.
The killing of Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath has resonated broadly among urban, well-educated Indians and played on perceptions that rural districts are backward-looking and lawless.
"Everyone could feel: 'It could have been my son, it could have been me'," said Ittisha Sarah, 25, a friend of the victims.
"That feeling is impacting people a lot. That it could have been anyone, so innocent, in that barbaric incident."
The reckless and deceptive practices of our financial industry have devastated businesses, families and our economy. It is time for congressional leaders to stop listening to financial industry lobbyists and start protecting the future of our nation. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce believes the establishment of a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency is a crucial step in reforming financial rules and restoring the trust we need to rebuild a thriving American economy.
The CFPA will benefit business, especially small businesses, which create most of the nation’s new jobs. It’s too often forgotten in the debate over the CFPA that small-business owners frequently rely on personal credit — such as personal credit cards and home equity loans — to start, run and expand their business.
Small-business owners have been hit hard by the continuing crisis in business and consumer lending. They have been rocked by waves of credit contraction, foreclosures and business closures — affecting them, their customers, suppliers, the communities they do business in and their families.
Banks that profited from predatory lending now are choking businesses by cutting lines of credit or pulling them entirely.
Some of our members have been forced out of business. Others are struggling to keep doors open. Many of our members can’t expand their businesses even though they have viable business opportunities because they cannot access the credit needed to capitalize on their opportunities. Even with orders and contracts in hand, they can’t get credit needed to hire new workers, buy new equipment and add necessary business infrastructures.
The unscrupulous practices of the credit-card industry have delivered another hard blow, as unwarranted credit rate escalation, increased fees, and decreased credit availability have left many firms unable to manage day-to-day purchases.
Lenders offering sound mortgages and other credit were undercut by those pushing misleading products with hidden risks. Women were 32 percent more likely to have received subprime mortgages of all types than men, regardless of income. Women also are 41 percent more likely than men to have received higher-cost subprime loans, regardless of income.
Women business owners and consumers have been hurt especially hard by predatory lending. Millions of women business owners, who used their home equity to secure small-business loans, are at risk of losing both their homes and businesses.
A disproportionate number of those suffering are women. Women, who were already at a higher risk for retirement insecurity, are now terrified about what the future will hold.
We cannot let the financial practices that drove us to this disaster continue. If we do, there will be no real recovery for business and for women generally. The next crisis, when it comes, will be even worse.
Business owners and consumers need the security of knowing that the costs and risks of financial products, services and lending are fully and fairly disclosed. We need a strong federal agency to promote financial product safety and accountability. We need a CFPA with independent rule-making authority and enforcement powers.
We cannot let financial industry lobbyists succeed in killing the CFPA or winning a pale substitute that would not actually be able to protect consumers and small-business owners. We cannot accept a CFPA subject to interference by bank regulators who have failed us time and time again.
We cannot let those whose risky, deceptive practices destroyed so many jobs and businesses kill the reforms designed to prevent the next calamity. It is time for our Congressional leaders to act to support the financial protection and well-being of all Americans.
Margot Dorfman is CEO of The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the leading advocate for women on economic and leadership issues, and vice president of the National Association of Small Business Contractors.
BANGKOK - Relatives and allies of ousted Thai premiers Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, Yingluck, formed a new political party on Wednesday ahead of a general election set for early next year, seen as a strategy to win more seats.
The military government has promised to hold elections between February and May after repeated delays.
The race is set to be a contest between supporters of the military and royalist establishment and populist forces led by the Puea Thai Party that was ousted in a 2014 coup.
Members of the new Thai Raksa Chart Party include Thaksin and Yingluck's nephew and niece, close aides, and the younger generation of the clan's political allies. It will be headed by Preechapol Pongpanich, an ex-member of parliament with the Puea Thai Party.
"It's a political strategy for Puea Thai under the new electoral system to win more seats," political scientist Yuttaporn Issarachai told Reuters.
Parties linked to the Shinawatras have won every election in the past decade. But the military government's new constitution, which the military said aims to weaken major political parties, effectively cuts constituency seats in provinces where the Shinwatras have previously held dominance.
He said the party would also serve as a "back-up" should Puea Thai be dissolved.
The Puea Thai Party faces dissolution after the junta ordered the Election Commission to investigate whether Thaksin was still controlling Puea Thai.
The former telecommunications tycoon was ousted in a 2006 coup and has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid a graft conviction in 2008 he says was politically motivated. He faces separate corruption charges from 2008 and 2012.
Yingluck fled Thailand in August last year just before a court found her guilty of criminal negligence. She was handed down a five-year jail term in absentia.