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We are getting closer to the July 16th deadline for Matt Forte and the Bears to reach a long term agreement. Which got me thinking who needs who more? Does Forte mean more to the Bears or is it the other…Read More It was a bizarre week in the NFL and Fantasy World for me. First of all, if you subscribed to my BOA picks last week, I apologize as I was proven wrong on all 3 picks. Further evidence to the bizzare…Read More So the Bears held serve with a solid win that they needed to keep their division title and playoff hopes alive. Meanwhile, the Vikings squeaked one out over the hopeless Lions to stay a game in front…Read More The Sports Network dishes out non-stop sports news and views on your favorite teams and topics. This isn't your granddaddy's sports news either -- it's the up-to-the-minute, unfiltered sports content the modern sports fan demands. For more information visit The Fansided Network is part of Sports Illustrated Sites. This site is strictly for informational and entertainment purposes, and is in no way affiliated with the Chicago Bears or the National Football League. It also claims no rights to the trademarks of either the Bears or the NFL.
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Washington U. Baseball Picks Up 20th Win of the Season, 25-13, Over St. Norbert St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 2012 - The Washington University in St. Louis baseball team recorded 24 hits, including 10 for extra bases, as the Bears earned their 20th win of the season with a 25-13 victory over St. Norbert College on Sunday afternoon at Kelly Field. The teams combined for 41 hits and 15 errors in the game that lasted more than three hours. Washington U. took a 10-1 lead after three innings with seven unearned runs on 10 hits and five errors by St. Norbert. The Green Knights plated three runs in the top of the fourth to cut the deficit to 10-4, but Washington U. answered with five runs on three hits and three errors in the bottom of the inning to extend the lead back to 15-4. After St. Norbert made it 15-6 in the top of the fifth, Washington U. plated five runs on six hits in the bottom of the inning to score 20 runs (20-6) for the second time this season. The Green Knights scored the next seven runs of the game to get to within 20-13, but Washington U. added two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to finish with the 25-13 win. Twelve different players recorded hits in the game for the Bears, led by sophomore Kyle Billig (4-for-5, five runs, two RBIs) and senior Brandon Rogalski (3-for-5, two runs, four RBIs). Both Billig and Rogalski hit two doubles in the game. Freshman Chris Lowery also had three hits (3-for-7, two runs). Junior David Madson hit a pair of RBI triples in the game to finish 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs. Junior Max Gordon picked up his fourth win of the season (4-1) pitching five innings and allowing six runs, just two earned. Washington U. (20-6) continues its 12-game homestand on Wednesday, April 4, against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p. m. at Kelly Field. Bear Notebook: The win was the eighth in a row for Washington U. … Rogalski has now recorded 17 multiple-hit games this season … Lowery extended his team-leading hitting streak to 10 games … Rogalski's two runs scored in the game moved him into a tie for 10th on the Washington U. all-time career list (114) … He also moved into fourth for RBIs (128) and a tie for fourth in doubles (41).
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I liked The Root so much better when they put this out back in the day … Dice Raw rips it on this track. Leave a Comment Filed under Hip Hop, Remixes Tagged as Black Thought, Dice Raw, JChan, Questlove, The Roots, You Don't See Us Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Connecting to %s Notify me of follow-up comments via email. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.
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What is BehindTheBeat? Music lovers need music. But there's more to music than just hearing and feeling it. Artists want to touch their audience, and fans want to get closer to the artists. BehindTheBeat presents the voices of the artists themselves, speaking about their music, their inspiration, and their creative lives. Listen and discover. Tag Archives: MCA Nashville David Nail is a young country singer whose recording, "The Sound Of A Million Dreams", brings an earthy soulful voice to songs that look at some challenging moments. Backed by a stellar band with country rock roots, Nail delivers with … Continue reading Buck Howdy's "Skidaddle! " is the farmer-cowboy-singer-songwriter's major label debut of western swing-inspired songs for families with young children. Buck sings about cowboys, cowgirls and life on the range. His songs have plenty of silly lines for kids - and just … Continue reading
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An amateur newspaper, done in manuscript, from 1882. The authors, Guy and Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith, recount the social and sporting goings-on in their neighborhoods in Eccleston Square, London, and in West Sussex. Included are drawings, puzzles, and rhymes. Sir Thomas Cusack-Smith was later Consul General for Samoa. Due to commencement activities, the Beinecke Library will open at 2 p. m. on Monday, May 20. Monday - Thursday: 9 am to 7 pm Friday: 9 am to 5 pm Saturday: 12 pm to 5 pm Reading Room Hours Monday - Thursday: 9 am to 6: 45 pm Friday: 9 am to 4: 45 pm
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I liked the mixed vegetable side dish that was offered at Texas Roadhouse. It was really simple and crunchy. So, I tried to create it at home using the microwave. You can steam yours if you like but for me microwave is easier in this easy dish. You can omit the salt if you use salted butter and also you can replace the butter with extra virgin olive oil. When you use olive oil, just make sure you stir and mix the broccoli well with your hands before you put it in the microwave. This is one easy side dish to serve with your American dinner. I served with my Chinese dinner with no problem too. One healthy meal can be grilled chicken with this broccoli, baked sweet potato wedges and a piece of toasted whole wheat bread. - Broccoli crowns, washed and cut, about 3-4 cups - 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into thin slices (you can add more if you like) - Sprinkle of sea salt/ kosher salt - Touch of black pepper - Dashes of dried thyme - Dashes of garlic powder 1. In a microwave safe plate or dinner plate, place the broccoli on top. Add slices of butter all over it. Sprinkle with some salt to taste, touch of black pepper and some dried thyme and garlic powder. 2. Microwave for 4-5 minutes or according to microwave direction or until the butter is melted and the broccoli is soften but still crunchy. 3. When you take out of the microwave, give it a quick stir to mix well with the butter sauce. Season to taste with salt if needed. Note: If you use salted butter, you can probably omit the salt or cut down on the salt.
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Stephen Thompson has been the minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Montague for the last 6 years. When Stephen was 16 years old, he lived on the streets of Toronto as a homeless youth. At that time he was a drug addicted "street kid" whose life was going nowhere, until he had an encounter with God that completely changed him and sent him on a different path. Stephen has now been married to his wife, Carolyn, for 22 years and together they have four children, Mark (18), Sarah (16), David (13) and Jason (10). Stephen loves sharing his story with others and speaking of the incredible manner of which God can transform one's life. Andrew and Shirley Bryce have been in ministry together in Summerside, now in their 27th year. They have three adult children living in different parts of N. America and three grandchildren close by in St. John. N. B. and a daughter who graduates this year from high school. Shirley is in her second year of nursing at U. P. E. I. Her first 'patient' was her husband as Shirley suspended her studies to care for Andrew who went through two emergency brain surgeries due to a rogue sinus infection that put him off work for 8 months. Andrew will be speaking about a two year season of brokenness he now jokingly states as 'my broken head' season and the lessons of provision and blessing that came out of this time. David MacKenzie is married to Cathy(30 yrs), and they have three daughters, Kara(26), Krista(24), and Katelyn(22). He has twenty years of pastoral experience and for the last four years has been serving as an elder at Long Creek Baptist Church. David and Cathy also owned and operated a successful chicken farm for 22 yrs giving David the opportunity to serve as a director for the Chicken Farmers of Canada for 16 yrs. Since selling the farm the MacKenzie's helped found an industrial door business with partners and are both financial coaches. David holds a Master's degree from Acadia Divinity College. Cheryl Millman is the Executive Director of Open Door Ministries. She has been leading ODM through all of its various changes since 1998. Cheryl found her heart for ministry to the poor and marginalized through her volunteer work at The CoffeeHouse in the mid 90's and left the church pastoral setting in an effort to "go to them. " She is a graduate of Charlottetown Rural High school, Tyndale College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Cheryl is an ordained deacon with the Church of the Nazarene. She and her husband Neal Live in Clyde River, PEI. Ryan Barnhart: "Well I am 27 years old, wife of Ginger father of Evelyn, Henry and? (July baby). I graduated Moody Bible Institute 2010 w/ B. A. Historical Theology, I am on the board of the Gospel Coalition Atlantic Canada as well as the Chaplain to the PEI Rocket. I enjoy wilderness canoeing and hiking, reading theology and the I am passionate about the Gospel. " Abbie McCann and her husband, Andy, have recently moved from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Belfast, PEI. Having completed her Bachelor of Divinity in Northern Ireland she is set begin her Masters of Divinity course this June at Acadia University, NS. In the meantime, she has been stepping out in pastoral ministry here on the Island.
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This user hasn't shared any biographical information Posts by Mrs. Hembree It's November! That also means that it's time for your nominations for the 2012 Edublog Awards! This is the time when educational bloggers can recognize the incredible work of other bloggers around the world. It's not easy narrowing the choices to one nominee. Our blog has been greatly influenced by the work of many amazing librarians, teachers and bloggers. It's our turn to say, "Thank you! " in nominating them for an award! Have a favorite blog? You can nominate until November 26th. You can find more information here. Here are my nominees for 2012 Best Library Blog: Watch. Connect. Read - I discovered book trailers because of Mr. Schu's use of them in his incredible blog. That single discovery has certainly influenced the course of my career in the last year. There would be no One and Only Ivan video or Kid Lit Movie project if I hadn't discovered this incredible blog. Best Video: Mr. Avery's Classroom Blog math videos. This 6th grade teacher knows how to take math, add a little fun, and create videos that teach other kids hard mathematical concepts. Best Classroom Blog: 4KM and 4KJ @ Leopold Primary School - This blog was one of the first I ever discovered on the web. Last summer I met Mrs. Morris, one part of this team blog. These teachers never stop reaching for new and innovative ways to share what they are doing in the classroom. Best Student Blog: BB's Awesome Blog There aren't enough fabulous words to describe BB's student blog. For two years BB has kept her blog going with charming and original weekly posts, with the help and support of her mom AA. Someday I am going to fly to Australia and meet this incredible family. Lifetime Achievement Award: Sue Wyatt This Australian teacher retired last year, yet she continues to help students and teachers with the Student Blogging Challenges. Retired, but still working…a lot…for free? Who does that anymore? Sue does! Influential Blog Post: Linda Yollis- November is Family Blogging Month Linda charted the course for hundreds of teachers on how to involve families in blogging. Individual Tweeter: - During the depths of the dark, dank and dreary Seattle winter months, JoAnn brought sunshine into my life with her thoughtful tweets and Hawaiian flower photos. Best Twitter Hashtag: - Angela Maiers started this movement. She has a great passion for helping students understand what they do really does matter and make a difference in our world beyond the 4 walls of the classroom. Best Group Blog: Nerdy Book Club - No other group blog supports the love of reading like the Nerdy Book Club. Add it to your daily reading for a dose of literary bliss. EdTech Blog - Cool Cat Teacher Blog - I can always count on learning something new about educational technology when I read one of Vicki Davis' blog posts! Best Teacher Blog: Finding Ways for All Kids to Flourish - Joan Young - Joan writes from her heart. She really does believe that everyone has a place and can show their best. Best Individual Blog - Tracy Watanabe Tracy knows how to bring her knowledge of teaching, technology and resources together in a great blog. Now it's your turn! I hope you will nominate someone who has helped you! Last month Pete the Cat left on a trip to Australia! He arrived safely and has been having heaps of fun! The word "heaps" is used in Australia when we say "lots", such as lots of fun. Check him out in the Bird of Paradise plant in BB's backyard! BB has been writing about his adventures and I hope you will visit her blog to find out all the details. Please leave her a comment and let her know you visited. Here is the direct link to her blog. What do you think Pete should do while he is "down under" What season is it in Australia now? Do you think Bird of Paradise plants would grow in Seattle? Why designate a month to picture books? Don't we all love picture books already? The answer is simple. With the birth of eBooks, iPads, Kindles, Nooks and other online reading devices, many feel traditional printed picture books may be on the way out. This is the 2nd annual celebration of Picture Book Month. Founder Dianne de Las Casa decided it was time to celebrate picture books in their printed format so she created an initiative to designate November as "Picture Book Month". We always celebrate picture books in our library. However, we have also added some art to the mix in our lessons. Here are the highlights of our week. What says Thanksgiving Day more than turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie? The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! For more than eighty-years, children young and old, have been delighted by the bobbing and swaying gigantic balloons that float down the streets of New York City in the parade. Melissa Sweet tells the true story of Tony Sarg, the puppeteer who was the inventor of the Macy's parade balloons. After we read this book, some of the classes also made Balloons Over Broadway mini-boxes and finger puppets. You can get this activity and more at the Houghton-Mifflin website here. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and say thank you. While this book is not a traditional Thankgiving Day book talking about the Mayflower and pilgrims, it is a book about the importance of thanking friends for all the things they do for each of us. In first grade, we used the Splat the Cat Activity Kit and added a fall leaf. Students wrote what they are thankful for during this holiday season. If you want to read a funny chapter book to entertain you during the Thanksgiving holiday week, pick up a copy of Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff). Find out how cranberry sauce in a can, exploding biscuits and rainbow sprinkles relate to Thankgiving and first graders. I guarantee this book will have you laughing in minutes! The last book I want to include this week is Hello, Hello by Matthew Cordell. I think every family needs to add this book to their collection. In fact, Matthew has a blogpost listing 26 reasons why every family needs to read this book. You can read that post here. It's a story of what we really need to remember as we move forward into a very connected, very digital age. Using simple text, charming watercolor illustrations, and animals in unusual places (flying fish and whales in the sky? ), Cordell tells the story of Lydia, who helps her family remember that there is a time and place for electronics. For a few minutes in the upcoming days, I hope you will set your gadget aside, and go outside to jump in those leaves and have some silly, crazy, outside fun! What is your favorite balloon in the Macy's Day parade? What friend would you by thankful for this month? What gadget could you give up for a day? We have a new President! Yesterday the American voters re-elected Barack Obama to serve as our President for another four years. Our blog poll had the same results! If you would like to read more about President Obama or his family, we have three biographies available in the library. They are located on the biography (921 OBA) shelf. Given the chance to meet any of the First Family face to face, what question would you ask? Today is Tuesday, November 6, 2012. In the USA, that means it's also our election day! Every four years, voters have the opportunity to cast their ballot and vote for who they want to be president on our country. Registered voters choose the person who best matches their beliefs. They can either vote in person or by mail. In our area of Washington state, voters can only vote by mail. Voters receive a special ballot in the mail, fill it out and send it back. We have two main candidates running for President of the United States. This year we have an incumbent, President Barack Obama, who is a democrat. The word incumbent in politics refers to the person who already holds this office. If re-elected, President Obama will serve for another four years and then he will not be able to run again. We have a time limit of eight years as president in our country. President Obama is running against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who is a Republican. If Mr. Romney is elected, he will serve for four years and then have the chance to be re-elected in 2016. To vote, you must be a US citizen, at least 18 years old and be a registered voter. You can watch a short Scholastic video here that explains more about the candidates and the election. A great book called, So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George describes the some of the lesser known facts about the men who have been our Presidents. For example, did you know that six Presidents were named James? Or that Benjamin Harrison had eleven brothers and sisters? This book is available in our library. It won the Caldecott award in 2001 for its illustrations by David Small. The call number is 973. 09 If you want to keep up with the news of the election, you can visit most any of the news websites, such as CNN. We will also have our own poll on our library blog. It will be open until midnight on election day. I wonder how our results will compare to the official results! Do you love to play dominoes? Do you enjoy the clink, clink, clink as dominoes topple in black and white lines? If so, pick up a copy of Toppling by Sally Murphy. Josa donated a copy for our library and wrote the following book review! John is the main character of this book. He is a boy with an unusual hobby-he likes to set up dominoes and tip th first one and watch them topple in complicated patterns. John's goal is to win the world record of toppling. then something happens to make John's world start to topple. His best friend Dominic gets very, very sick. This is a one-of-a-kind story about change, coping and friendship. This is a book for ages 8+ or anyone who wants a good read. It is illustrated very nicely. You can find Toppling by Sally Murphy in the realistic section of our library! Here is the call number: F MUR Realistic Have you every played the game dominoes? What have you built using dominoes? Skyping! Skyping! I'm SO glad someone invented Skyping! Today Ms. Holder's library class skyped with author Stephen McCranie. Stephen is the author of the Mal and Chad graphic novel series. Instead of having the author come to our school, we visited with him virtually. A few weeks ago Mrs. Hembree found out on Twitter that Stephen was offering to skype with teachers and librarians. She signed up and our school is one of over 70 schools Stephen will "virtually" visit this fall. During the call we watched him draw on his computer. First he taught us that comics are stories + pictures. Then to develop our own story, he had us answer two questions: - What does my character want? - What is preventing my character from getting what he or she wants? We decided that our character, Tara, wanted to own a bakery, but her family wasn't very supportive of that idea. She ran away, met a baker and learned how to become the baker she always wanted to be. After that we had a quick demonstration on how to draw a picture. We learned it's easy if you use shapes like circles, squares or triangles. As Stephen drew on his computer, we tried to guess what famous characters he was drawing! In the last portion of our visit, Stephen asked us to start a story. Then before our eyes, he drew a scene from our story. While he was drawing, he also answered our questions. We found out that he has loved comics since he was about 5 years old. He drew his first comic strip for a school newspaper in college. He likes comics because they are a great way to express yourself. They are an artform with a lot of potential. He reads lots and lots of books and really enjoys the Bone series by Jeff Smith. Stephen said he believes that creativity is like a muscle in your head. When you practice you get better over time. If you want to get better at drawing, you need to draw and practice every single day. The tools for drawing don't really matter. Pencils, crayons, pens - use whatever you want and draw, draw, draw. We will be sure to buy a few copies for the library! After about 30 minutes, our time was up! It was a great first Author Skype experience! Thank you Stephen for visiting the Bulldog Readers! If you are looking for Stephen's books, here they are. We have both available for check out in the library. You can also link to his Mal and Chad website here. What do you think our story was about? Have you ever skyped with anyone? Do you like it? What is your favorite graphic novel or comic series? Pete the Cat is a good friend of Mrs. Hembree. This weekend he came home with her so he wouldn't be lonely sitting in the library all weekend. On Saturday morning, Mrs. Hembree got up and walked into the dining room. What did she see? Pete the Cat was stuffing himself into a really big envelope! "What are you doing Pete? " she asked. Pete started singing! "Where are you traveling to Pete? I see there are some letters on the envelope. Does that say Australia? " Mrs. Hembree asked Pete. "YES! Australia! " Pete exclaimed! "I'm going to Australia and I'm singing this song! " "Pete, won't you be scared? Australia is a long way from Seattle! It's not even in North America! " said Mrs. Hembree. "NO! " he shouted! "I won't be scared! I'm going to see my friend and I'll be singing my song! " "Tell me Pete, how did you decide to go to Australia? Do you know someone there? " asked Mrs. Hembree. Pete said, "Do you know BB our Blogging Buddy? She asked me if I could come visit! So I decided since it started raining here, that I would visit her in Australia. Did you know Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere? When it's fall here, it's sunny and warm there because it's springtime! I'm going to have fun and I'm going to be singing my song! " "Ok Pete. It sounds like you know what you want to do and who you want to see! Let's go to the post office and get you on the road! " Mrs. Hembree said. "Thanks Mrs. Hembree! Don't forget! I'm going to see BB and I'll be singing my song! " Pete waved goodbye and was gone in a flash. She could hear in the background faint sounds of his song…. . Oh no! Australia is a long way from here! Do you think he will get lost? Will he have fun? Will he get back in time to go to Prague? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think! It's mid-October. The leaves are turning. The days are getting shorter and the nights colder. Are you looking for a new book? Check out what Angela drew for the library yesterday! Maybe you are thinking that it's getting close to Halloween and you want a spooky book to thrill your reading time! Spooky stories are always popular with some students (not me - I get nightmares). This past weekend when I was in Yakima at Washington librarian conference I had the opportunity to listen to the author Royce Buckingham talk about his love of scary books and movies! Royce shared how the movie Jaws was particularly scary when he was a kid! I remember seeing it too and I didn't swim in the ocean for a month afterward! However, he loves scary monsters and books like that, which is why he now is both an attorney and a writer of spooky stories. Do you remember seeing the photos from when Hitu visited the Jaws set last summer and did a little reading in Jaws! This is the movie Royce is talking about! Yikes! That is a scary photo! If you love this kind of book come in soon and check out the new books by Royce Buckingham. You don't have to like monsters to like all the new books in the library! Look at this selection available! From graphics to humor to fantasy or mystery we have something new for you! Visiting Yakima was a lot of fun! I had a chance to talk with lots of other librarians and share ideas with them. If you are a teacher librarian looking for a link to my slides, here you go! Do you like to read spooky stories? Have you seen Jaws at Universal Studios? What new book will you want to read? Congratulations and thank you everyone who made our annual bookfair a screaming success! Also, between sales at the fair and sales online, we are at 103% of our fundraising goal! That means that I will be book shopping in the upcoming weeks for new books to add to our library. This is the stack I already purchased from the fair. If there is a book you absolutely must check out, leave me a reserve copy slip and I will get it to you as quickly as I can. Many, many thanks to our bookfair volunteers! Without their help, our fair would not have been such a great success! Here is our STAR CAST of volunteers! Mr. Fornia's kindergarten class also deserves a Super Special Shout-out! His class had the most online sales of any teacher at our school! Way to go Mr. Fornia's class! Everyone is getting a SUPER STAR bookmark! Woo-hoo! When I named this post Thank You Near and Far, it's because of our blogging friends thousands of miles away from here. I want to give a terrific thank you to BB and her mom AA in Australia! On Friday when I got home from school, I found this in my mailbox! Inside was this…. . I love my new Geelong Cats hat. This is an Australian "football" team. In the US, we call it "rugby" and in Australia, they call it football! Talk about confusing! Somehow BB found out that I love jewelry too, because she sent this beautiful bracelet. Somehow the words thank you don't seem like enough for such a special package of gifts! The blogging friendship we have developed across the miles is dear to my heart. I hope someday we will meet in person! In the mean time, I have some new decorations in the library! And, last, but not least is a present I received from Penny! We have been reading Pete the Cat books and singing his songs in kindergarten. One morning Penny walked into the library before school started with this picture. "Do you know who this is? " she asked me. "It's Pete the Cat and his SEVEN groovy buttons! " I replied. Thank you Penny for taking the time to make this drawing! It's hanging in a special spot on our library wall! What books or series do we need to add to the library? Tell me about a special package you got in the mail! What should Pete the Cat do next?
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ASL 195 Special Topics in American Sign Language • V1-5 Cr. Allows specialized or in-depth study of subjects related to American Sign Language and deaf culture. Topics are announced in the quarterly class schedule. Prerequisite: Current ASL students. After completing this class, students should be able to: - Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.
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What Will "Post-Artifact Books" Mean For the Library? Posted: 14 Jun 2011 This is the post-artifact system. A system of unlocking. A system concerned with engagement. Sharing. Marginalia. Ownership. Community. And, of course, reading. - Craig Mod This morning Craig Mod published another beautiful and thought-provoking essay called Post-Artifact Books and Publishing: Digital's effect on how we produce, distribute and consume content. Like his other writings, this essay examines the future of the book vis-a-vis traditional and new publishing models. The essay addresses ideas about social reading, where and how books will live and the best format for digital books. All said, it is a sprawling but inclusive essay that, I think, all librarians need to read. Now. In the opening Mod quotes Matthew Battles Library: An Unquiet History. After that little is expressly mentioned about libraries, forgivable since Mod, primarily a writer, publisher and designer, is not a librarian nor writing about what role they should play in shaping the future of books. However, the essay contains concepts that libraries are going to struggle with in the near future (if they are not already struggling with them now). A few questions: Libraries have always been somewhat social but what happens when the social is moved to the digital realm? How can libraries be a part of this. More importantly, how can libraries shape and connect this? Mod points to several examples of how books are being created and published by alternative publishing formats largely through reader interaction. How can libraries be sure that these important books that are either POD or produced by smaller publishers are made available? What are libraries doing to help shape the new systems in which books and ideas will be distributed? Working for rather than reacting to (or against)? How can libraries promote the de-emphasis of authority surrounding access to information and materials?
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Timothy Hart remembers being curious about local history even as a youngster growing up in Stafford. "I grew up near an old railroad right-of-way, and I always wondered what had been there, " said Hart, who graduated from Southern Regional in 1972. In those days, Ocean County was only beginning to feel the impact of the Garden State Parkway. And that right-of-way? That's where Route 72 is now, Hart said. Hart's love of history has now landed him in a role he could only dream of: That of county historian for Ocean County. Hart, who serves as the director of the county's Cultural and Heritage Commission, was appointed county historian by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders on Wednesday afternoon. Hart succeeds Pauline S. Miller, who has been the county's only historian previously. She died in December at age 93. "His love for the history of this great county makes him the perfect choice for county historian, " Freeholder John C. Bartlett said. "Tim has extensive knowledge of the county's history. He is an expert when it comes to the role Barnegat Bay plays in county history, in addition to how historical events like the Civil War had an impact on this county. " The title carries no salary, but Hart said he is very happy to be chosen for the post. "It's quite an honor, " said Hart, who also serves as deputy director of the Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen's Museum in Little Egg Harbor. Hart, who serves as Stafford Township's historian, has been a member of the Stafford Township Historical Society since his childhood. His Linked-in profile lists historical organization after historical organization, going back to high school. A theology major at Georgetown, he minored in history, while majoring in theology at Georgetown. He later attended law school and passed the bar in the early 2000s. Hart not only studies history, however; he participates yearly in the reenactment of the battle at Cedar Bridge Tavern, site of an important Revolutionary War skirmish. Hart said he does not see himself as the kind of historian Miller was. "I don't know everything, " he said, but instead he knows who to ask for the answers. That includes a vast wealth of town historians throughout Ocean County, whom Hart intends to get to know in the coming weeks and months. "It's my fantasy to tour each of the towns with their historians and have them point out, 'This used to such-and-such, ' " Hart said. "We live in such a homogenized society, with all the McDonald's and Walmarts and such, " Hart said. "When you know about the local history, it makes it kind of a special place. " And that right-of-way that Hart grew up near? That's better known today as Route 72.
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Brecon Park is a six acre neighborhood park, situated in the southwestern portion of the Rolling Meadows neighborhood, within walking distance of approximately four hundred households. It is bordered by, and accessible from, North. . . read more Canterbury Park is a four acre park located along Willis Road, by the corner of South Ann Arbor Street and Willis Road. Parking is on-street, but the Wilderness Park dirt lot is conveniently located nearby. The park is also easily. . . read more Colony Park is another of the city's many neighborhood parks. It is a six acre area constituted of two open fields, separated by a shallow elevation, and a playground area which features benches, swings, a play structure, and other. . . read more At fifty acres, Curtiss Park is the second largest of Saline's municipal parks. It is located along the South side of Michigan Avenue, across the road from Mill Pond Park and bordering Oakwood Cemetery. Access to the park is from an. . . read more Marlpool Park, one of Saline's two mini-parks, is a 0. 3 acre lot found along Marlpool Drive, from which it gets its name. The park is accessible via sidewalks, within walking distance of over one-hundred houses, and there is limited. . . read more Mill Pond Park, at 54 acres, is the largest of the Saline community parks. It remains an ever-popular destination in the city, hosting a multitude of events each year. The park is located on the north side of Michigan Avenue, directly. . . read more People's Park is a ten acre complex featuring sports facilities and nature trails, nestled between Monroe Street and South Ann Arbor Street. The sports facilities - two tennis courts, one basketball court and a baseball diamond - are. . . read more Risdon Park, named for the founder of Saline, Orange Risdon, is one of Saline's two "mini-parks, " an open 0. 2 acre lot bordered by South Ann Arbor Street* to the West, Pleasant Ridge Drive to the South, and houses to the North and the. . . read more The Saline Parks & Recreation department offers a wide variety of rec programs for the entire family. Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Milan, Dexter, Pittsfield Township residents are welcome to participate. We offer the fitness. . . read more The Saline Rec Center is an affordable family friendly center that meets the entire family need. There is a large gym with an indoor walking track, a free weight room, a nautilus weight room, Cardio weight room, 2 pools, . . . read more Stonecliff Park is a four acre plot located across the Saline River from Mill Pond Park, accessible from the end of Saline River Drive or Bannock Court in the Torwood Neighborhood. Please note that Stonecliff Park has no dedicated. . . read more Tefft Park serves a unique role among Saline city parks, as it is host to the Saline Recreation Center. The park and the Rec Center are located along Woodland Drive, near to the intersection with Textile Road. Parking is readily. . . read more The twenty-two acre plot which is now Wilderness Park was purchased by the City of Saline in 1973. The park, including the beautiful trail system, was developed by Max Adler, Patricia Forester and John Corrigan. The park is located. . . read more Want to see more Things To Do? View all entries.
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May 17, 2013 36: 05 | Aired on 05 Friday: The Chew Crew reminisces about milestone meals on today's Extra Value Friday; plus, Theresa Caputo and Stephanie Izard whip up unforgettable dishes! May 16, 2013 36: 04 | Aired on 05 Thursday: Jessica Capshaw swings by to enjoy easy, portable food and a No Plate Required Battle. May 15, 2013 36: 01 | Aired on 05 Wednesday: Feast on these sinful snacks with Curtis Stone; plus, a trip to Herr's Potato Chip Factory. May 14, 2013 36: 03 | Aired on 05 Tuesday: Patricia Heaton stops by for the best desserts The Chew Crew has ever tasted. May 13, 2013 36: 01 | Aired on 05 Monday: Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John join The Chew Crew for some ultimate kitchen creations.
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App for That "The purpose of this blog is to provide sourcing for texts quoted by and, whenever possible, provide context, " wrote freelancer Jack Stuef on a freshly-minted Tumblr conceived in the bleary midnight hours early Friday morning. Born out of that insomniac haze is "The Annotated, " a blog devoted to teasing out nuance and substance from the glorious fountain of non-sequitors that is the Internet's favorite Twitter account, . "The idea to do a Tumblr just came to me, but I had looked up some of Horse's tweets before, and sometimes the sources of those can be just as bizarre and hilarious as the tweets themselves. Or they can be incredibly dull. I thought it was interesting, " Mr. Stuef, who frequently writes for The Onion and BuzzFeed, told Betabeat via Gchat. Kickstart or Kill For every snazzy hardware idea and genuinely inspiring artistic project, there's also a whole lot of crap clogging up crowdfunding sites. This has not escaped the attention of the acerbic wits at the Onion News Network. And so the site's latest video turns its knives on Kickstarter, dubbing it "an insidious new Internet scam, " roping people into donating to projects that are "in actuality, just terrible useless garbage. " During lunch on Mother's Day, my own mom had some exciting news to announce: "I'm reading the best book! " she declared, taking a sip from her sweating water glass in the building May heat. "It's called How To Be Black. It's excellent-hilarious, but also serious, " she insisted. I had heard of it only in passing-on Twitter, and in scant Facebook posts. It was written by The Onion's Director of Digital and Internet Man About Town Baratunde Thurston, and had received almost five stars-a perfect score-from users on Amazon. "There were like 56 reviews last time I checked, " Mr. Thurston told Betabeat by phone this morning. "And I'm like, 'Who's the asshole that didn't put five stars? ' Clearly it's a five-star book. " Ever since news broke last year that satirical news source The Onion was shutting down their New York office and heading to Chicago, The Atlantic reports that the core team of staffers has pursued every avenue to keep the company from heading west. One bizarre but apparently legitimate option was to have startup non-incubator Betaworks buy The Onion. In college, this reporter once took a "new media" class where the professor let loose a terrifying edict: As homework, we would not be allowed to use any Google products for the entire week. That meant no Google search, no Gmail, no Gcal… nothing. The experiment was supposed to teach us just how reliant we were upon one company for many of a college student's basic needs, like learning, communicating and organizing. It was not the darkest hour of this reporter's life, but it was a very, very dark one.
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Welcome to! We are a game company that makes fun filled games for XBox and PC. Our current projects: - Driving Quiz: Another game for Defensive Driving School now quizzes you on your knowledge of the rules of the road. Have fun! Now available for Android and Windows Phone 7! - RoadSignz: Betafreak takes an educational turn with this new game for Defensive Driving School! Take the role of four cool cars as you fire at encroaching road signs. Made for All Audiences. Available for Free Play Online! - Eitrix: Betafreak is back with another massively multiplay game! Eitrix combines classic block clearing action with lots of powerups and up to eight players on a single Xbox! Made for All Audiences. Development currently suspended. - Furball: Whoa! Get ready for this fun filled multiplayer shooter, where the possibilities are limitless. Customize collectables, choose teams, explore dozens of ships, and play up to 16 players! Using a new innovative arrangement, players will be able to put a maximum of four people on each controller, allowing you to have fun with all your friends and family. Furball is a truly great party game that will leave you raving for more! Made for All Audiences. Available on XBox Live! - Spin: Welcome to the space police! You control a high tech heavily armed spaceship, used to patrol several crime-filled quadrants of the galaxy. Your job is to defend the traveling freighters from the numerous pirates that inhabit these areas. You must be careful though. . . it would be bad for you to die too! Made for All Audiences. Available on XBox Live! Please visit often to see exciting new games from Betafreak! Last Updated: 4
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The King Is Dead; Long Live the King May 19, 2012 So my answer to the question of my last blog post, "Has Content Been Dethroned? " has evolved. I've now landed on the idea that content is still king, but it's a particular kind of content now: relationship-driven content. So it's not that relationships are now king and content has been dethroned; it's that the kind of content that rules the Internet has gotten more specific. Relationship-driven content is content that invites and encourages sharing, commenting, forwarding, and other forms of interaction. Content in speaking or in writing that gives the audience a voice has more power than static content.
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First things first, I'll be in Garden on the 14th, so the Tater can enjoy basking in the warmth of my friendly radiation. Anyone else who wishes to bask is more than welcome to. I will caper for your amusement. Nintendo sent me an email to tell me my incentive prize was on the way. It will be here in 4 to 10 business days. That's a pretty impressive amount of leeway. Especially considering the several days it took to process the transaction. Honestly they could have just said "We're Nintendo. We'll get it to you when we damn well feel like it. " It doesn't bother me either way. At some future date I'll have my mediocre award. That new Harry Potter movie should be out soon, if it's not already. I've seen all the others in the theatre, so I'll probably try to see this one too. Thankfully the kids that like Potter stuff have all grown along with it, so I don't feel so creepy if I go to a movie that skews much younger than I am. Being the lone old guy at a kids movie is awkward. As an animation enthusiast it's something I've had to deal with pretty much since I was a teenager. I like the new tendency for people to not grow out of things like they used to. People older than me still play video games regularly. Roleplaying games are no longer the domain of the young. Guys I went to school with never gave up on Magic: The Gathering. David Willis masturbates nightly to the Transformers wiki. I think the world is slowly becoming populated with grown children. Neverland is more than just the palatial estate of the departed king of pop. Weather that's good for the world is debatable, but it does make a trip to the cinema easier for me. Edit: Because the universe has a sense of humor my Club Nintendo prize showed up this very day. Here it is in all its glory. The games play just like they would if they were in a game watch. Not all that entertaining, but it's a neat little oddity for my collection.
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Little Donkey at AvondaleBricksGallery Enjoy tapas from Little Donkey, Wine Tasting by Athens Imports, Art Exhibition Opening. $15. Friday, November 30, 5-9 p. m. Visit us during the Avondale Park Holiday Crafts Bazaar at Avondale Bricks Gallery, 130 41st Street South in Avondale. Must be 21 for wine tasting. Write firstname. lastname@ for more information or questions. Thank you for joining the Revolution in Avondale.
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This is the eleventh audio message for the Heroes & Villains series. It's important to know where our responsibility ends and someone else's begins. In short, it's important to identify the boundaries in our lives. We experience an amazing amount of freedom and fruitfulness when we faithfully serve within our appropriate boundaries. When we go outside of our boundaries, by definition we encroach on others' territory. We trespass. We rob others of the opportunity for faithfulness by doing what they were meant to do. And we also abdicate our own roles, thus neglecting our own stewardships. Have you identified your roles? Do you stay within your own boundaries? Do you respect others' boundaries? Doing more than we're asked to do (by crossing boundaries) doesn't earn us bonus point; rather, it reduces our effectiveness and undermines the contributions of others. The staff and supporters share the vision to harness the Internet for God and freely provide the NET Bible and trustworthy Bible study material to everyone on earth so they become equipped for global impact, able to complete the Great Commission in one generation. Would you consider sharing your time, talents, monies, and prayers to achieve meaning to this life and in heaven receive your crowns and hearing Christ say well done…. . Matthew 25: 23More. . .
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Bible by the Beach Trust is a registered charity and the event relies on the support of sponsors, delegates, exhibitors and advertisers. We invite you to become a Friend of Bible by the Beach, to link with us prayerfully and financially, to give this event a secure foundation. God has been wonderfully faithful in providing all the resources we need to date, but costs are rising as we try to improve each year. We ask Friends to pray regularly for Bible by the Beach, and to give an annual donation. In response, we will be launching our Thank You offers to Friends at the event this year. If you would like to become a Friend of Bible by the Beach, please download and complete the attached form. A standing order form is availablehere. . Alternatively, if you would like to support the event with a one off donation, please donate here.
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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by A Striped Armchair and Out of the Blue that encourages Bloggers to share the books they've checked out from the library. This weeks haul: - In Hovering Flight; Hinnefeld - Lima Nights; Arana - The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard; Erin McGraw - Thank You for All Things; Sandra Kring ( current read - very good) - If Today Be Sweet; Thrity Umrigar - Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing; Fogarty - The Distance Between Us; Yates - Ghost in Love; Carroll (audio) - The Story of Forgetting; Block Did you find anything that looks good at the Library this week? Post your link.
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I'm attempting to refurbish a bike that I was given, it has a (not sure what brand) coaster brake, which according to sheldon brown's site has a peculiar kind of cone nut. The wheel might be 10 years old, it's hard to say. I've been able to remove the otherwise butchered nuts (see below) using a tap & hammer and an axle vice, now that they are free I'd like to know what they are, so that I can replace them, do they have a special name? I've only ever seen mention of cone nuts resembling a regular washer, but with two flat sides (sorry for the poor explanation) - these that this bike is fitted with are something different, see below: Apologies for my dodgy graphics work, the middle is threaded, and sized to fix the (slightly larger than the wheel nut thread) centre of the coaster brake axel, the outsides smooth (very much resembling a washer) except for the two grooves. The entre part is perhaps 20mm in diameter; unfortunately my bright idea of drawing the part, and then using Google image search has failed me! In the end, I'm sure this particular bolt is a strange european relic designed as some kind of "security" bolt; not dissimilar to the Apple style 5-point start, or similar, to discourage people against fiddling with their coaster brake. But I would really like to rebuild the brake! I'm sure I could replace them with regular "cone nuts" - that is the ones with two flat sides, but the term "cone nut" seems to refer more to the purpose than the design of the nut itself. All information appreciated, thanks in advance!
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Dallas Cowboy QB and former Texas A&M Aggie, Stephen McGee, along with University of Texas WR and former Brownwood Lion, Jaxon Shipley, will be the featured speakers at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Youth Sports Authority Awards Banquet on May 26 at the Teague Center on the Abilene Christian University campus. The banquet will begin a 6: 30 p. m. Tickets for the Awards Banquet are available to the public - adults $40 and students $15 - and can be purchased by contacting the AYSA office at 325-692-2972. Table sponsorships are also available by contacting either the AYSA Office or FCA Office at 325-795-0020. Various levels of sponsorship are available for the tables of 10. McGee, who was the Cowboys pick in the fourth round of the 2009 draft, got the first win of his career in come-from-behind fashion against the Philadelphia Eagles in his first professional start. While at A&M, McGee passed from almost 5, 500 yards and rushed for 1, 750 more. He won FCA's prestigious Bobby Bowden Athlete of the Year Award. Shipley started five games for the Longhorns as a true freshman. The Brownwood native caught 44 passes, 3 for touchdowns. He also rushed the ball 11 times and completed 4 passes. He was the Longhorn Offensive Player of the Week by hauling in 6 passes for 149 yards against Iowa State. Stephen played high school football for Jaxon's dad Bob at Burnet HS and is close friends with Jaxon's older brother Jordan. Information about the Big Country Chapter of the FCA can also be found at Information about the Abilene Youth Sports Authority can be found at
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It's more about having fun- even if you don't have someone to dance with. "We don't need a partner, " said Ladonna McGee. This group of senior citizens slip on their dancing shoes for their line dancing class and as a way to stay in shape. "It teaches balance, it is exercise, it keeps brain waves going and the main thing is its to socialize, " said McGee. They practice twice a week and its not just country music they dance to- they also learn Latin and Classic Pop dances as well. It's all about keeping up with the beat- but no ones judging here if you fall out of step. "You just kind of know what you're doing and if not then you just fall back in you don't get worried about it, " said Arlene Wuske, one of the participants. Arlene Wuske has danced for years and joined the class to ensure she maintains a healthy active lifestyle. "I'm laughing, I'm having a reason to get out of the house I'm anxious to go out and have fun and afterwards i go have a drink, " said the 65 year-old. To her however, its more about the learning the steps- its about having a good time and keeping the music going in her life. "I like to stay active so that I can do everything and not hurt, never hesitate every time anybody wants to ride a bike or run up a hill or jump around, I'm ready, " she said. The Rose Park Senior Center offers beginner and intermediate line dancing classes every Monday and Thursday at 1 p. m. and advanced classes at 2 p. m.
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"When Weeden was drafted, I was told by an NFL source that the Browns didn't want to 'pile on' McCoy and just release him, " says Tony Grossi of. "They were sensitive to the fact he had gotten such a raw deal already. They would like to find McCoy a new team, a new opportunity, to spare him the ignominy of being released. They will not demand much in a trade. " Browns team president Mike Holmgren said that McCoy has indeed had a rough time recently. "I think (Colt's) a wonderful young man, and a good football player, " Holmgren said. "And if you are asking me to say was it fair last year? He had a tough go and he didn't get as much help as I thought he was going to get. But heck, that's football. "
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There will also be a lecture by Harmon from 5: 30 p. m. to 6 p. m. at the art center. The community is welcome and encouraged to attend both the reception and the lecture. Harmon joined the HPU faculty in August 2012, hailing from St. Louis, Mo., and is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He is well-traveled and well-rounded in his areas of artistry and has taught for more than thirty years. His work has been featured in exhibitions around the world and includes many different styles such as hard-edged abstraction, figurative realism and expressionism. "It is our hope that the community will take this opportunity to view Mr. Harmon's work and get to know an outstanding new addition to the HPU faculty, " said Dr. Mark Tew, provost and chief academic officer. The exhibit will be open through December 5, Monday through Friday, from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. For more information, contact HPU's School of Music and Fine Arts at (325) 649-8500.
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Merkel jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, and then the defense came up with the play. In fact it was a leaping interception by Pat Bohannan to give the ball back to the Badgers. A few plays later, quarterback Baylor Mullins would use his feet to get Merkel down the field with a 40 yard run. Comfort's defense would make a stand and get the ball back. A fumble would give it right back to the Badgers. Then Mullins would make Comfort pay for the turnover with a touchdown pass to Bohannan in the back of the endzone. Merkel would add another six points to their total in their 20-0 win over Comfort.
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|Register Now | Log in| |Home: Now Showing - The Smurfs 2 in 3D Movie Information| View Photo Gallery Remove ads with our VIP Service Ratings / Reviews Share This Page In this sequel to the hybrid live action family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria Directed by Raja Gosnell Genre - Comedy Opening in Theaters - Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 (74 days) This movie will be opening in theaters on Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 Related News Articles and Web Sites Alternate Versions of This Movie Looking for More Information? Search Google for more information about this movie: New Movies - Box Office - Favorite Movies - All Movies Coming Soon - Search |The BigScreen Cinema Guide is a service of SVJ Designs LLC. All graphics, layout, and structure of this service (unless otherwise specified) are Copyright © 1995-2013, SVJ Designs. The BigScreen Cinema Guide is a trademark of SVJ Designs. All rights reserved. 'ACADEMY AWARDS®' and 'OSCAR®' are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Food of the Gods from the Island of the Gods We work directly with over 3, 000 farmers farmers on the islands of Bali and Sumatra to procure our fine cacao. The history of the Bali Cacao is linked to the history of the legendary Java Criollo, which is linked to the Philippines, which is directly linked to the cacao the Spanish brought there from the legendary Aztec cacao orchards of Soconusco, Mexico. These genetics that made their way into Indonesia were dominantly planted on old Dutch plantations found on East Java. These same genetics that were so highly regarded were also planted on the next island over, Bali. As the chocolate industry become more industrialized in the mid 1900's and production output replaced quality of flavor, the plantations started to replace the Java Criollo with hybrids that increased the volume of cacao per hectare. Fortunately, the island of Bali was mostly ignored during the hybridization period. This is probably due to the fact that villages and small family farms populated these smaller islands, not plantations. In the mid 1900's, Bali was nothing like it is today; it was still quite forgotten and remote. Today, many of Bali's farms still remain as they were. The cacao is grown interspersed with other food crops such as, vanilla, exotic peppercorns, passion fruit, banana, jackfruit, palm trees and mangosteen. We refer to these as "food forests". The Health of it All Cacao is PACKED with natural compounds called antioxidants. More than blueberries, pomegranate, cranberries and even red wine. Yet, all these fruits and drinks are great for a healthy diet and lifestyle. Promotes good cardiovascular health. Cacao is one of the best sources of natural magnesium, which is critical for a happy and healthy heart. Perhaps this is why its such a lovers food. . Promotes good blood circulation. Theobromine is a superior vascodilator, which means more oxygen gets pumped into your bloodstream, making it a great food for exercise. Lowers blood pressure. Rich in minerals. Cacao is a seed which contains many vital minerals our body needs to function optimally. There is so much more that we can go on for pages with the positive health benefits of cacao and chocolate. Yet, we are sure you know most of the good news already. . . you just need to get some in your mouth now!
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USE's Sumo Carbon seatpost looks great with a smart carbon fibre weave post. USE's own neat one-bolt clamp holds the saddle securely and doesn't slip or creak. The Sumo one-bolt clamp gives the seatpost its name. The head and clamp pieces are forged and CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and take 7mm rails. Clamps are also available for fatter rails. Angle adjustments are laser etched on the clamp. USE fits a 4mm Allen bolt so you need to be careful when tightening the clamp. We'd recommend using a torque wrench to avoid over-tightening it. The head is bonded to a full carbon shaft with smart printed decals. Its 400mm length is generous and should mean it will fit a raft of bikes including very compact frames that need a lot of post to get the right saddle height. It's available in the most common sizes 27. 2, 30. 9, 31. 6 and 34. 9mm. There's 10mm of layback but it's a shame USE don't offer an inline option for those that might not need that much layback. We've been battering the seatpost through hundreds of miles including several long distance marathon races and the post has stood up just fine. The clamp has proved solid and reliable with no saddle slippage or readjustment necessary throughout the test period. Thanks to the flex that you can build in with a carbon fibre shaft, t's a comfortable post for long distance riding as well. That's a unique advantage of carbon posts: try and make an aluminium post this flexible and it'll fatigue to death in no time. It's a good looking seatpost too which matters for an item that is on such prominent show. Weight is good at 232g for our 30. 8mm sample, which isn't far off the claimed weight. It's far from the troubling the lightest sub-200g posts but its durability and comfort won us over. A light, strong and comfortable British-designed seatpost. Easy clamp setup There are cheaper carbon seatposts Price (for 30. 8mm): £89. 99 More information: USE Sumo Carbon Seat Post What USE says about the Sumo Carbon seat post The SUMO seat post is engineered to take a pounding and go the distance. The highly acclaimed, quick fitting, simple to adjust clamp design ensures the perfect saddle position. The SUMO is equally at home in Marathon events, TransMtn, Freeride (lite), as it is pounding out the cobbles in the heart of Europe. The SUMO is the first choice for riders who need a lightweight dependable seat post. The SUMO Carbon is used by World-class athletes through to amateurs in Multiple MTB World Cup events, developed for fastest, toughest riders on the planet.
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Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher ) on January 6th, 2011 at 11: 06 am many films that will screen during the Bicycle Film Festival. Get ready to be inspired and entertained by a wide variety of bicycle-themed films. The Bicycle Film Festival and Filmed By Bike are both gearing up for 2011. The Bicycle Film Festival has just announced dates and screenings for their 2011 Portland stop. This two-day festival, founded by New York City resident Brendt Barbur, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a mind-boggling lineup of the best bike films gleaned from around the globe. I'm looking forward to this documentary about Italian frame builder Giovanni Pelizzoli, also known as "Ciocc" (a legendary brand that my stepdad happens to be a huge fan of). Watch the trailer below. . . There are six different programs and the action starts on February 26th. All screenings happen at the Clinton Street Theater in Southeast Portland. Check trailers and film details at. On April 15-17th, Portland's homegrown bike film fest, Filmed by Bike will offer its legendary concoction of fun and film for the ninth year in a row. Event organizer and founder Ayleen Crotty says submissions are still coming in ahead of the January 20th deadline (you've still got time! ). This year, Ayleen has been wowed by some great films already under consideration that have come in from as far away as Australia, Japan, and Spain. Even with a bit of global flair, Filmed by Bike is sure to feature many films from Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about this year's fest - and meet the esteemed jury who will select the films - at. Email This Post Possibly related posts
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View Full Version: Joss tour 03-18-2002, 08: 53 PM Anybody on here going to Rochester for the $5, 000 tournament, , should be the best one of the year so far with Buddy Hall, , Charlie williams, , Earl Strickland and alot of other top players going to be there, , , Dennis Hatch. . Mika Immonen. . Joe Tucker, Ginky. . should be absolutely a great turnout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mike 03-19-2002, 02: 45 PM I'll be there on Sunday probably all day. Richie did a great job with getting the big names here. The 5000 added couldn't have hurted. I'll be there both days Mike. Look for the gal handing out pecans, thats not me. 03-19-2002, 08: 15 PM ANONYMOUS. . . . SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE AND LET ME KNOW WHO YOU ARE. . I WILL LOOK YOU UP WHEN I GET THERE SAT. . MIKE. . . . . . . . . . . SOUNDS LIKE JT TO ME 03-20-2002, 05: 43 AM Would love to catch a flight to Rochester, worked with a client there a few years back, but my NYC work schedule is getting in the way. Oh Well! ! ! Wonder how the pro's will feel when they get there. The Front roon has all GANDYS. . with super bouncy rails and poor lighting. The back room has the brunswicks. Not that many. Interesting to see who comes out on top. Unless your used to going extra rails. . . The big G's will kill you. Try kicking at a ball one rail off the side rail. . . you can go flying off the table. Hard to kill whitey. Be fun to watch. . . not to play. 03-23-2002, 03: 54 PM Well, Buddy pulled out at the last minute but the rest of the top players expected are there. McCready even made it out for this one. Ginky drew Charlie Williams in the first round and Charlie beat him pretty soundly. I hear Ginky is fighting with stomach flu but is out there fighting it out anyways. The top players seem to be advancing as expected with Hatch, Immonen, Santos and Garrahan all winning their first round matches. McCready pasted Robb Saez 9-2 in the second round. We have brackets as well as pics from the charity event last night and will have pics from today online tonight over at Powered by vBulletin® Version 4. 2. 0 Copyright © 2013 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Convention adjourned from July 26th to August 6th to allow the Committee of Detail - composed of John Rutledge of South Carolina, Edmund Randolph of Virginia, Nathaniel Gorham of Massachusetts, Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut, and James Wilson of Pennsylvania - to prepare a rough draft of a constitution, based on the series of resolutions the delegates had debated, amended, and debated again. When the Convention re-convened, the Committee of Detail presented its report, made up of twenty-three articles. The Convention spent the remainder of August reviewing and further revising these articles. We the People of… Delegates quickly agreed to accept the Committee of Detail's preamble and Articles I and II, affirming the new government would be called the Unites States of America and consist of Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. This agreement masked the critical issue that the Convention had debated throughout - was this to be a union of states or of people? The Committee of Detail's constitution began, "We the people of the States (emphasis added) of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity. " The Convention would not end with that language in the preamble. Representation: Who, What, and How Many? Discussion of the Committee of Detail report continued to include the structure and powers of the legislative branch. Some of the key questions included: Who can elect representatives? How many representatives will there be? What will be their qualifications? Delegates debated whether to allow non-land owners to the right to vote for House members, or reserve the franchise to property owners. Gouverneur Morris wanted to restrict voting to those with property, considering them more educated and better able to choose wise leaders. "The ignorant and dependant, " Morris stated, "can be… little trusted with the public interest. " Colonel Mason countered arguments of this kind, saying all citizens should have equal voting rights and privileges. Doctor Franklin sided with Colonel Mason believing that restricting the right to vote to land owners would cause contention among the people. In the end Morris's proposal to restrict the franchise to property owners was defeated soundly (7-1-1). Just as the Convention rejected a plan to restrict voting to property owners, they also rejected a proposal to restrict elective office to property owners. South Carolina's Charles Pinckney moved that "the President of the U. S., the Judges, and members of the Legislature should be required to swear that they were respectively possessed of a cleared unencumbered Estate" - in an amount to be agreed upon by members of the Convention. This proposal went nowhere. Benjamin Franklin expressed his "dislike of every thing that tended to debase the spirit of the common people, " and observed that "some of the greatest rogues he was ever acquainted with, were the richest rogues. " Madison reports that Pinckney's motion "was rejected by so general a no, that the States were not called. " The Convention did have a sentiment in favor of strong citizenship requirements for legislators. The Committee of Detail's report required members of the House be U. S. citizens for three years prior to election, and members of the Senate for four years. Some, including George Mason and Morris, agreed that a lengthy citizenship requirement would protect the legislature from foreign intrigue. Others, including Madison and Franklin, pointed to the number of foreign friends who had helped the states during the war for independence. Delegates sided with Mason and Morris, agreeing to requirements that members of the House be citizens for seven years and members of the Senate for nine years prior to election. On the question of how many representatives would make up the national legislature, Article IV of the Committee of Detail Report stated that the House of Representatives would initially consist of sixty-five members, and that in the future, members of the House would be added "at the rate of one for every forty thousand. " Madison, expecting the Union to grow rapidly, thought that rate would quickly lead the House to grow too large. Others thought that time would make this issue irrelevant. Mr. Nathaniel Gorham from Massachusetts asked, "Can it be supposed that this vast country including the Western territory will 150 years hence remain one nation? Mr. Oliver Ellsworth observed that "If the government should continue so long, alterations may be made in the Constitution" through the amendment process. Delegates agreed to add the language "not exceeding" to the one representative for 40, 000 citizen ratio, making that a ceiling and not a floor. Controversy over this provision would re-emerge before the end of the Convention, however. The Specter of Slavery Likewise, controversy would emerge about slavery. Consideration of the apportionment of representatives raised the question of whether slaves would be included within that ratio. Morris rose on August 8 and gave a withering criticism of the institution. Moving to specify that this ratio would include only "free" inhabitants, Morris called slavery "a nefarious institution, " and "the curse of heaven". Comparing free with slave states, Morris noted, on the one hand, "a rich and noble cultivation [which] marks the prosperity and happiness of the people, " and on the other "the misery and poverty which overspread the barren wastes of Virginia, Maryland, and the other states having slaves. " Morris's motion was defeated 10-1, but the issue of how slavery would be addressed by the new union was by no means resolved. For more detailed information on the Constitutional Convention, please visit Prof. Gordon Lloyd's web companion to the Philadelphia Convention. Posted in Countdown to the Constitution
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The Swedish Surfing Championships were held last week in cold and windy conditions (aka. epic in Sweden) at Toro beach outside of Stockholm. Squid lids off to these hard core and dedicated surfers for standing out in wind and rain to surf and root on their friends. Amidst the grey skies and dark seas, Swede soul surfer Pontus Hailin tells me that in the quarter-finals, "there were three colorful [Bing] sisters surfing together. " Looks like a Dharma party! Taking the title for 2012 was Freddie Meadows. Get a feel for what it's like to surf in Sweden in the video below courtesy of Nordic Surfers Magazine. Photos by Mathieu Turries.
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Recording Frog Advertisement Calls at Mason Farm Biological Reserve (Haven Wiley Lab) Our Biology graduate programs span the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems - from evolution in viruses to cell and molecular biology in frogs and plants to bioinformatics of the human genome. Advances in genome sequencing and analysis together with rapid growth in interdisciplinary research are making the 21st century an exciting time for Biology. The University of North Carolina recognizes the importance of investing in Biology research and training and is undertaking key initiatives in the life sciences. The Biology department's addition of the Genome Science Building and the recruitment of many new faculty make the department a vibrant place to learn and advance science. We invite you to join us in these exciting times. Our graduate students have the opportunity to become outstanding researchers in their chosen area of specialization. They learn how to conduct and analyze scientific research, give seminars, publish research papers, and write grants. Our programs allow flexibility in training for a multitude of futures, from university research and teaching, to biotechnology, to environmental conservation. Please use the navigation menu at left to explore the exciting possibilities we offer. We hope you will join us. Gregory P. Copenhaver and Karin Pfennig Directors of Graduate Studies
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That's Random! A Look at Viral Self-Assembly It should be noted that indeterminacy does not imply that God does not have foreknowledge of future events. Christians ought not to be uncomfortable with the idea of God interacting with his creation through chance. Hydrology of the Bow River There's a word beneath the water, and the Bow River belongs to God. Have you been listening? Denis Alexander on Understanding Creation Theology In this video Conversation, Denis Alexander asserts that contemporary Christians are not taking the early chapters of Genesis seriously enough. Evolution, the Enlightenment, and Worldviews In this video conversation, N. T. Wright discusses how the Enlightenment worldview -- which clearly separates God from the world -- has impacted our view of Scripture, and why cleaning the "spectacles" through which we view the world can help us see both Scripture and the world more clearly. Raising Children to Pursue Truth In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter articulates the importance of raising a child that can garner knowledge from a variety of sources and to be able to study science with integrity-that is, to be able to pursue the truth to where it leads. Worshiping, Growing, and Learning Yesterday, biology professors Randy Moore and Sehoya Cotner raised the concern that workshops focused on evolution-related training do not reach not reach creationism-based biology teachers. Today, we'd like to focus on BioLogos' efforts to address that divide through our Biology by the Sea workshops. Scientists Tell Their Stories: George Murphy During his seminary education, Dr. Murphy also gained a deeper understanding of Luther's theology of the cross, and he realized that it's really the best way to approach the science and theology dialogue. Katharine Hayhoe: Evangelical Christian, Climate Scientist As an Evangelical and a scientist, Katharine Hayhoe is already a member of a rare breed. As a climate change researcher who is also married to an evangelical Christian pastor, she is nearly one of a kind. Series: It's an Old World After All In our sixth BioLogos videocast, we take a look at the age of the Earth. We explain four methods scientists have used to determine that age: tree ring, lake varve, radiometric, and seafloor spread dating, and also offer some theological insight on how an old earth can fit with the first chapters of Genesis. Series: From the Dust In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought. Series: Genesis Through Ancient Eyes In this talk, originally delivered at the BioLogos President's Circle meeting in October 2012, Dr. John Walton discusses the origin stories of Genesis 1-3, and why their focus on function and archetypes mean there is no Biblical narrative of material origins. Growing in Faith As he endeavored to learn more, David was intrigued by Francis Collins book The Language of God because Francis did not present evolution as a rival theory to Christian faith, but as something that described God's method of creation. Series: Shaping the Human Soul In Washington DC, Church of the Advent teamed up with The Trinity Forum to offer a series of lectures exploring the synergy between modern science and Christian Faith. This presentation by psychiatrist Curt Thompson and philosopher James K. A. Smith addressed the process of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation through the lens of neuroscience. Using Film to Catalyze Conversations on Faith and Science What are the best ways to spark productive conversations about science and faith? Certainly there are books, articles, blogs (like this one), and podcasts. But there are particular advantages to using film. Mending the Disconnect How can it be that two things we love and treasure-two things that are absolutely central to ourselves and the lives we've built-seem so often to be at odds with each other? Did David Hume "Banish" Miracles? "I flatter myself, " Hume triumphantly proclaimed, "that I have discovered an argument. . . which, if just, will, with the wise and learned, be an everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion, and consequently, will be useful as long as the world endures. " Series: Divine Action in the World In this talk, Professor Plantinga addresses the fact that many contemporary thinkers-including many theologians-believe that God cannot perform miracles, providentially guide history, or interact in the lives of people, as these activities would be contrary to science. Plantinga, on the other hand, makes the case that this popular view is mistaken; excluding divine action in the world is not a central feature of natural science itself, but a philosophical or theological preference that has been added on to science (and can just as readily be removed). Plantinga concludes that it is completely logical to accept the miracles of the Bible and support contemporary science. Hominids Lived Millions of Years Ago, but How Can We Tell? (Videocast) This BioLogos videocast addresses the age of recently discovered hominid fossils and how scientists are able to obtain those dates. Randomness and Evolution: Is There Room for God? (Videocast) This BioLogos videocast addresses the idea of randomness as a part of natural selection, and whether it challenges the possibility of God using the evolutionary process as a means of creation. Scientists Tell Their Stories: Owen Gingerich When it came time to go to graduate school, one of Owen Gingerich's science professors told him "If you feel a calling to go to astronomy, you should give it a try, because we shouldn't let atheists take over any particular field. "
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Alas there were already Birders there when I arrived before 8 AM. One said he arrived just after 7 AM. I ended up hanging around the pond, gossiping and taking the occasional photo of a speeding Virginia Rail. The person there before me said that the Rails were nest building. I looked and indeed, saw one or more gathering material probably for a nest and carrying it from one location to another in the reeds. A heavily obscured photo as once again, the Rails did not cooperate with me. Later this person said he had seen a Rail carrying a chick on its back under its wings last year in the same area. I've never even seen a Rail chick. Maybe this year. The Rails were vociferous and one of the nesting Rails walked over to a different area and proceeded to attack another Rail, with both taking to the air briefly before disappearing into the reeds. Later we watched them foraging. We would see a black blur shoot across an open area, then disappear. Finally, though, luck blessed me and I watched a Rail come out of the undergrowth and grab a worm. The worm, though, was uncooperative and wrapped itself around a stalk, causing the Rail to slow down enough for me to get some photos. Like this from about 5 meters away: And while talking I noticed a small bird flying amongst the reeds. I wondered if it were a Marsh Wren. It seemed to have some yellow colouring on it. While I was watching a nearby RW Blackbird went after it. It flew a little towards me and landed. My first Common Yellowthroat of the year. He wasn't singing, but he had that perky look and a fresh coat of Spring colouring.
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Business Rates Deferral Scheme 2012 Deferred payment of 2012 rates liabilities The Government has decided to put in place a business rates deferral scheme which will give you the option of spreading the Retail Price Index increase in your 2012-13 bill over three years, to help businesses manage their cash flow during the downturn. You will be able to defer payment of 3. 2% of your 2012-13 bill - which is equivalent to 60% of the Retail Price Index increase - until 2013-14 and 2014-15. You will then pay back the total amount deferred over the next two years. How to Apply Please read the FAQSs below and if you wish to opt into the scheme, an application form is available at the foot of this page for you to download and print off. The form simply asks for your name, the address of the property and its reference number (which can be found on your business rate bill). Just complete those details, sign and return it to the address at the bottom of the form. You do not need to pay anyone to do this for you. You can apply at any time until 31 March 2013 provided you have some of your bill left to pay. We would encourage you to apply early so that you see the reduction in your monthly instalments sooner, however, you will be able to defer 3. 2% of the whole year's bill regardless of when you apply. Provided that you return the application by 9 June, you will see the reduction in your July instalment. If you apply later than that date, you will see the reduction reflected in your next instalment or the one after that. Need further information? - Contact the business rates section for any further information on 0121 303 5510 / 0121 303 5509 or 0121 303 5511, or by email at email@ FAQs (Further details are available at What's the deadline for applying? - You can apply at any time until 31 March 2013, as long as you have some of your bill left to pay, but we would encourage you to apply early. How much of my bill can I put off paying? - You are able to put off 3. 2% of the whole year's 2012 business rates bill. What if I have paid some or all of my bill? - You are able to put off paying 3. 2% of the whole 2012 bill, as long as you have that amount left to pay How will my payments be reduced? - The amount you are putting off paying will be spread over your remaining payments for the whole year. For example, if you can put off £100. 00 and you have four payments left to make, each of those payments will be reduced by £25. 00. Will I pay interest on the amount I put off paying? - No How soon will I see the benefit of making lower payments? - Provided that you return the application by 9 June 2012, you will see the reduction in your July instalment. If you apply later than that date, you will see the reduction reflected in your next instalment or the one after that. The amount you can put off paying will not change in both situations. When will I have to pay back the amount I put off? - You will pay back half the amount in 2013 and half in 2014, as well as paying your full bill for those years. Your rates bills in the next two years will include details of the amounts you have put off paying and need to pay, and your payments will be adjusted in line with this. What if I have more than one property? - If you have more than one property in the same council area, you only need to fill in one application form. You will need to give the council the address of all the properties you want to claim for. If you have properties in more than one council area, you will need to apply to each council separately. What if I stop occupying the property? - You will need to pay the amounts you have a duty to pay by law, including the amount you have put off paying. Your local authority will send you a revised bill, letting you know how much you should pay. What if I am already in arrears? - You do not automatically have the right to put off making any payments if you have already lost the right to pay your bill by instalments. You may still apply to put off making a payment, but it will be up to your local authority to decide whether or not to approve this. You may also want to talk to your local authority to discuss what other help is available. Will I be able to defer on the Business Rate Supplement element of my bill? - Yes. The deferment will also apply automatically to the BRS element of your bill (if applicable) on a pro rata basis. The only BRS in place for 2012-13 is the one levied by the Mayor of London to fund Crossrail which applies in London only at a rate of 2p on properties with a rateable value above £55, 000. However, the 2p for the Crossrail BRS does not increase by inflation annually - so this element of your bill will in fact be the same as in 2011-12 if your rateable value is unchanged. What if I don't keep up with my payments? - If you are struggling to keep up with your payments, you should talk to your local authority to discuss what other help is available. Is there any other help for businesses? - Further details of the full range of support and information available to businesses are available at Is there any other help with rates bills for small businesses? - If you run a small business, further help may be available to pay your bills with Small Business Rate Relief. The level of Small Business Rate Relief has also been doubled for the whole of 2012-13. If you are occupying only one property with a rateable value of below £6, 000 you may not need to pay any rates at all for 2012 Those occupying only one property with a rateable value of below £12, 000 can benefit from a discount on your bill. The Government has also made it easier for eligible ratepayers with rateable values below £18, 000 (£25, 500 in London) to have their bills calculated using the small business multiplier. To apply for a discount, you need to contact your local authority Copyright: 2011 Birmingham City Council
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Old painted wrought iron pieces are very common in southern yards. Granted they are not the most comfortable, but they are long on charm! I found this vintage piece at the Children's Fresh Air Farm recently. It was in a cool shady spot by a pretty little fountain near the children's garden plots.
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We continue our Nicaraguan nightmare in the thick of night back at Zappa (Zapatera). The moon hangs high while a salt and pepper haired cupcake of a man sits in the corner clutching his teddy bear and begs for team unity. "We need to come together. We need to settle our differences. ", The Cuddler (Steve) laments. Lawyer Dave, however, doesn't give a fig about coming together. All he wants is to win and with that feeble-minded hippy sparrow Sarita on the tribe he fears that winning is merely but a wistful dream. You see, Sarita is one of those hot air people. They do a lot of talking but when it comes time to put those words into action, all that hot air leaks out and all you're left with is a shriveled up clump of cheap rubber with little strands of spit seeping out of it. Sarita is angry that Dave voted for her at Tribal Council. The only explanation she can come up with for his heinous act of dissension is that he's been lured over to the dark side. Really Sarita? A horned goat's head came out of the night and with a long bony finger beckoned Dave to join him in his underground lair where virgins are sacrificed and baby's blood is on the breakfast menu? Look, if that really happened that would be my Survivor fantasy come to life, but it didn't happen. Sarita sucks, Dave knows it, he's not afraid to say it and that's that. Meanwhile, The Cuddler is freaking out because his tribal unity is tainted and his lace bloomers haven't been ironed in days. Again I ask, wasn't he in the NFL for like many many years? My friend's 18 month old baby has more anger and gumption than Steve ever will. And what the hell is going on with Mike? Didn't he fight in a war for us? How is it that these paradigms of "manliness" are nothing but delicate little robin's eggs wrapped in pretty pink satin bows? Your honor, I move that Lawyer Dave is the only man on Zappa worthy of holding onto his balls. Off with the others! Over on Rhode Island (Redemption Island) a different sort of torture is taking place. Stephanie has been talking for the past 6 hours about food and the usually gentle and serene Pretty Pony (Matt) is about to cut her tongue out and feed it to the sharks. Do you remember Vanessa Huxtable's friend on The Cosby Show? The one who talked a mile a minute and made Dr. Huxtable's eyes bug out of his head? Well, that's Stephanie. "ImeantheressomanythingsIloveVietnamesefoodThaifoodChinesefoodlikeItalianfood *inhale* Idon'tevenlikesweetsbutbringitonI'mgonnahaveasliceofredvelvetfromthisbakerythatIusedtoworkat *inhale* TheweirdestthingI'vebeencravingtohavelikebananashakeswithpeanutbutterinit *inhale* Theflavorofpeanutbutterlikesnickerdoodleswithpeanutbutterontop" Poor Pretty Pony was sitting there fashioning a noose out of his buff and praying that death comes quick and painless. Suicide is a sin and I don't think it comes with a "Get Into Heaven Free" card, but Pretty Pony is willing to take that risk if it'll just make Stephanie shut the hell up. Back at Omarion (Ometepe), it's time to pick people to witness the Duel. Federal Agent Phillip announces that it's his turn to go again and upon hearing this Rob insists on attending the Duel with him. You see, Phillip is an unpredictable loose cannon. He could fire off all sorts of missiles of tribal information to the Zappa's and it's in Rob's best interest to make sure Phillip keeps his mouth shut and stays in line. Similarly, Phillip doesn't trust Rob either so he turns to his Samurai spirit guide, Miyamoto Musashi for inspiration. It turns out that Musashi was not only a psychotically unpredicatable sword wielder, but he wrote a book about 5 rings or something. I don't know about you, but when I hear "5 rings" I think of Christmas. . . "Fiiiive goooolden riiiings". Unfortunately, nothing about Musashi is Christmas-y. In fact, he was kind of a scary unkempt miscreant. He wandered the wilderness refusing to bathe or change his clothes because he feared being attacked while unprepared. With scars all over his face from congenital syphillis he'd challenge random people to duels for no reason at all. Once he whittled a wooden sword out of an oar and then bashed someone's head in with it. Now, I'm not a Buddhist or anything, but if it pleases the court, I move that Phillip is Miyamoto Musashi reincarnated. Both men could clearly benefit from a good scrubdown in addition to, oh I don't know, maybe a drug trial for some newfangled schizophrenia meds. Over at Rhode Island it's Duel time. Phillip and Rob are there representing Omarion with David and Rooster (Ralph) representing Zappa. In trots the Pretty Pony and I'm instantly shocked by his appearance. My normally resplendent equine loverboy is haggard and exhausted with sad little dark circles under his eyes. Frightened whiggedy whack strands of hair stick out of his usually pristine ponytail and I instantly gave Stephanie my devil death stare. Clearly, her words are poisonous little daggers of evil. She's sullied my pony! His purity is gone. The light in his eyes has dimmed. He's nothing but a damaged tattered representation of what he used to be. God cried that day my friends. God and me. We both cried. When beauty is lost all you can do is cry. . . or go nuts like Norma Desmond. It's up to you. *shrugs shoulders* Whatevs. Ok so this week the duel is going to test the Survivors memory. Grrrreat. Pretty Pony hasn't slept all night and his brain is filled with words and phrases like "cake" and "chocolate dipped in peanut butter". This is the worst possible time for this challenge. I hate you Dimples. Scattered in the arena are pairs of matching symbols. Each round you flip over two symbols and if they match you score a point. The first person to match five stays alive. Stephanie won the Rochambeau and has chosen for Pretty Pony to go first. You bitch! Survivors ready, go. Pretty Pony does what any good Christian does. He gives up candy for Lent, makes the sign of the cross and hopes for the best. First, he flips over a skull and I thought to myself, "It's a sign! It's a sign! This can't be good" and then he flipped over another skull. I whipped off my shirt, dipped my breasts into two conveniently placed bowls of glitter and shouted at the screen, "Suck on that Stephanie! " Those etiquette classes I've been taking are really paying off. Stephanie takes her turn and flips a crocodile. Then, she flips another fucking crocodile. Oh, come on! Here I am thinking Pretty Pony is the second coming and devil girl Stephanie pulls a magical move out of her ass as well. Pretty Pony goes again and fails to make a match. The air is tinged with evil now. Any goodness that was lingering was killed when Stephanie matched those stupid crocodiles. Flip, flip, flip Pretty Pony makes two more matches and I knew that Jesus had finally awoken from his nap. Then Stephanie makes a match, claps for herself and I threw my gin glass at the screen. I learned that in Elocution Class. Flip, flip, flip the score is now 4-3 with Pretty Pony in the lead. He flips a calendar and knows he's seen the other one before, but all that's swirling in his head, thanks to Stephanie, are visions of macaroons and hot fudge sundaes. He gets the match wrong and it's Stephanie's turn again. She, too, flips the calendar. I covered my face with my hands and said, "No match no match no match no match". Someone somewhere was listening cuz girfriend screwed up and flipped war clubs. For his next turn, Pretty Pony looks up to heaven and let's the Holy Spirit fill his soul. He flips over the war clubs and then. . . he flips over ANOTHER war clubs. PRETTY PONY STAYS ALIVE! ! ! ! I cantered around the room while Boston Rob reluctantly clapped. Stephanie starts to cry and then she does what has become my favorite part of Rhode Island. She blabs all sorts of secrets and throws a tantrum like a sore loser. First, she says that there are people there that don't deserve to be there. Then, she turns to Rooster and tells him that he has to get rid of Sarita. She says that David is the only one that can do puzzles and I'm now convinced that he must have smuggled in a pocket game of Connect Four or something. Dimples pushes Stephanie to continue as he loves the spilling of secrets as much I do. She turns to Rob and tells him to watch his back and not to trust anyone on Zappa. She advises Rob to try to win Pretty Pony back and that made Matt laugh. In that moment, I knew, I just knew, that if Pretty Pony reenters the game, all hell is going to break loose. Everyone and no one is going to want him on their side. He's a number, but he's also a HUGE threat. With Jesus as his partner, I wouldn't put it past him to win Individual Immunity week after week. Does that make him the best player in the game? I don't know. Rob's been playing his game with a finesse I've never seen before. It's subtle yet skilled, psychological yet physical. Right now I'd be torn in a Pretty Pony Rob final two. There's one more little thing we have to address before we leave Rhode Island. It turns out that Phillip is a fan of the Pretty Pony as well. He starts to quote the Bushido code I mentioned in my opening paragraph only he pronounces it "Bee-shoe-doh". Dry mouth syndrome. Anyhow, he tells Pretty Pony that he is indeed a Samurai warrior. Matt laughs and thanks him, but I shouted, "No, he's not! Does he look like he has syphillis to you? ! He couldn't hurt a butterfly let alone smash in some guy's brains in with a rotten old oar. You shut your face Phillip Sheppard! " I was furious Phillip dared to compare himself to that precious angel, but Rob was pissed off for another reason. He was pissed that Phillip dared to open his mouth at all. It's clear to Rob now that Phillip is ready to make a big move. He's planting seeds and gathering up an alliance. I don't know. I think Rob is giving Phillip a little bit too much credit. I think all Phillip has up his sleeves is a clam shell walkie talkie and maybe a pinecone grenade. On the way back to camp, Phillip asks Rob what they should tell the others about Rhode Island. He wonders if they should hold back intel and plan a covert operation. Apparently, Langley is waiting for word from Phillip on how to proceed. There are agents that need to be activated, fake passports to be made, interpol has to be notified. It's a whole big production and Phillip is anxious to get started. Rob quickly poo-poo's Phillip's idea to withhold info and tells him that it's best to keep their tribe strong and unified, but inside Rob was secretly celebrating. This was exactly the type of shady move he was praying Phillip would make. You see, now Rob can go back to camp and tell the others how Phillip wanted to get all Jason Bourne on everybody's ass. Mistrust is laid, Rob looks like the hero and, if Omarion loses again, Phillip is headed to Guantanamo where he'll have the best medical care the country has to offer. When they finally do arrive at camp, Rob immediately tells everyone how Pretty Pony won and Stephanie let it all hang out. Mascaroni (Andrea) stabbed her Pretty Pony voodoo doll in the face and then Rob told everyone how Stephanie said Rob is the number one target. Phillip nodded, acknowledged the tiny seashell earpiece in his ear and then went off into the woods to write a letter in invisible ink (i. e. urine). As soon as Phillip was out of earshot, Rob tells everyone about the Jason Bourne plan and assures them that as soon as they merge, Phillip's flipping. They decide then and there that if they lose the next challenge, Phillip is going home. And then Phillip fell out of a tree and tried to cover it up with a somersault. Ahem, Navy Seal training. Nothing to be alarmed at. Go about your business. Over at Zappa, The Cuddler wants to know if Stephanie said anything mean and nasty about him at Rhode Island. Did she pass any notes saying, "Steve's stinky! " or anything like that? These are things that The Cuddler is concerned with. Rooster mumbles "Yeayaw, she'n wawntin' 'em ta beet us". Lawyer Dave, on the other hand, said it really wasn't all that egregious and then Rooster wondered what 'egregious' meant. Sarita asks about the Pretty Pony and Rooster tells them that there's no way he'd flip sides at a Merge. I can see how Rooster would think that after Phillip rained down his Samurai speech on Pretty Pony, but I think Lawyer Dave may have been a tad more intuitive for he put his head down and walked away. After all, Stephanie did say to Rob that he should try to win Matt back. Rooster should have seen that as an opening to bring Pretty Pony into the fold. Instead he tells his tribe that Loy-yerr Dave will flip at the Merge which promptly sent Sarita into mom-mode and The Cuddler into a panic attack. So while Zappa was lounging around content with being uninteresting and boring, Dave suggests they go out fishing. That storm the other night must have brought in some good pickings and they should take advantage of it. Leathery ole Julie rolled over and said, "Uhhh nooooo, I think the storm brought in mud. It's nappy time. " Dave then tried to explain how the currents close to the equator tend to run, what fish are migrating at that time of year in the Carribean Sea and how the high and low pressure weather systems will affect camp. In response The Cuddler grabbed his fluffy pillow and said, "But it's mucky out there. " Apparently, Rooster (from Virginia not Nicaragua) said the fishing is no good and the tribe would rather believe him than Loy-yerr Dave. Then, that battered ole piece of shoe leather, Julie, said Dave was driving her crazy and she went back to stretching her skin out to dry. What the hell is wrong with this tribe? ! We know that Julie and The Cuddler are useless, but what's going on with Mike? I have a feeling that he's not exactly thrilled with the direction his tribe is headed in. I'm getting this vibe that he doesn't want to play ball with the geritol crowd. I'd like to see him speak up and do something, anything. Someone wave a mirror in front of his mouth so I know he's still breathing. Mike is like Bernie in Weekend At Bernie's. Does he have a pulse or not? Over at Omarion, it's lunchtime. The rice has been cooked and Phillip is chewing with a ferocity that I can only interpret as being morse code. I'm pretty sure he can chew and send messages at the same time. *chew chew. . . chew. . . chew chew chew chew STOP chew. . . chew chew. . . chew* Translated, I think it means: "Water the marigolds. Viper is in transit. Need new panties. " So everyone is happily eating their rice and Natalie has appointed herself as the Rice Hall Monitor. She's guarding the crispy rice for Rob because that's the only rice he eats. Phillip catches the name "Rob" on the wind, gets up and demands that he gets his share of crispy rice too. He's a 52 year old man not a red-headed stepchild. He should be entitled to exactly the same things Rob is entitled to. Then, Peter played ball in the house, Jan wore a wig and Phillip bellowed, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! " Why does Marcia (Rob) get to do everything? ! All Phillip ever hears about in school is how good Marcia is at this or how great Marcia is at that. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! Phillip is sick of being a redhead, sick of being ignored and sick of being treated like he doesn't matter. He's a senior member of this tribe goddammit. He's put in years of service and he wants his crispy rice pension now. When he signed the Constitution to be a part of Survivor it said very clearly in Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes and Phillip Sheppard shall have power to collect his crispy rice. It's right there in black and white. You can go down to the National Archives and see it for yourself. Now we arrive at the big Immunity Challenge. It's a challenge we've seen before and it's one I've enjoyed very much before. Any time Survivors emerge like mud people and have to hurl their bodies against walls, an angel gets her wings. Ok so both tribes have to race through a series of obstacles collecting bags of balls. Once they've cleared all the obstacles, they have to shoot their balls into a basket. First tribe to get all 6 balls in the basket wins. Since the tribes are equal now, Sarita can't be a pussy and sit out. Also, they're playing for a helicpoter ride to a picnic complete with alcoholic beverages. Survivors ready, go! Both tribes fly into a pile of hay and come tumbling out the other side. Sarita and Rob are then lifted into the air to unravel a bag of balls. Rob flings his bag around so it spins and spins and spins. Sarita limply raises her arm and wonders when this nightmare will end. Omarion gets their bag and begin crawling in the mud. Zappa finally gets their bag of balls and enters the mud. Since Julie is the same color as the mud I can only surmise that she sunk and hopefully we'll never see her again. Omarion is now at the wall of ropes where Phillip gets tangled up and kills Omarion's lead. Rob literally has to race back and carry Phillip through the last part of the obstacle. Since Sarita sucks at life, David goes up instead of her to work on the second bag of balls. Rob is also working on his balls but this time he flips them the wrong way and David pulls ahead. Zappa pulls ahead and approaches the maze of rope platforms. Sarita gets stuck and cries, "Help me! Help me! " while over at Omarion Rob is pretty much carrying on his Phillip on his back up and down all the rope ramps. Zappa gets to their third bag of balls first while Phillip is still back asking a rope where his crispy rice is. David gets the third and final bag first and Zappa races to the brick wall. The Cuddler smashes into it, falls over and dies. Over on Omarion, Grant is the designated Smasher and breaks both walls for his team to climb through. At the end, it's a race to see who'll get their balls in the basket first. Toss, toss, toss, Grant probably played for the NBA, toss, toss, toss, balls are tied, toss, toss, toss OMARION WINS IMMUNITY! ! ! Sarita wanders around aimlessly wondering where she is, Dave drags The Cuddler's body through the mud and off somewhere in a private corner Phillip is making out with the Immunity statue. Hot. Without further ado, Omarion is immediately whisked off in a helicopter to enjoy their Reward. The music is grand and sweeping, everyone is psyched to be in the chopper and Rob says that out of his 85 seasons of playing Survivor, landing on a volcano is the coolest Reward ever. Even Phillip is happy. Sure, he got tangled up in the ropes and sure Rob had to drag him by his panties through that entire last challenge, but the warrior inside Phillip is strong. A Samurai is nothing if not determined. Miyamoto Musashi once said, "In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined through calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Lucky numbers: 1, 14, 22, 73, 96" So while Phillip is busy musing about how much his tribe loves and cherishes him, Rob is digging yet another Immunity scroll out of a jar of spiral cookies. Since he already has the Idol and since it's pretty cool to throw stuff down into a large cavernous bubbling cauldron of scalding hot lava, he chucks the scroll without even opening it. A rock star move if ever I saw one. Back at Zappa, it's a rock star free zone. Sarita, of all people, addresses the tribe and says that Lawyer Dave isn't really all that great in challenges. Sarita, the spindly hiccup of a boil on the butt of competitiveness, thinks she's better in the challenges than Dave. I want to know where Sarita comes from because I think it would be a fun place to visit. Any place where there is LSD in the water supply has to be a good time, right? Her fingers probably make really cool trails and the trees outside probably talk to her. Book me a ticket. I like to escape reality every now and then. I usually do it with gin and a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals, but, hey, I'm up for anything. As long as I don't have to listen to the Grateful Dead and dance in Birkenstock's I'll hang with Sarita. So, Sarita is making the rounds at camp slipping blotter into everyone's canteens and trying to convince everyone that David is a buzzkill to the tribal harmony. Rooster tells her David did awesome in the challenge today and Sarita shoves a handful of magic mushrooms in his mouth and says "No, he didn't. " Rooster replies, "Yeauh'n yerrn probly raght. " and off she scampers to drug another unsuspecting victim. Meanwhile, Dave is lugging an entire tree and preparing to whittle a court bench and a gavel or something. I have no idea. Did you see the size of that thing? It was huge! The only conclusion I can come to is that he wants a fair trial and is prepared to carve his own jury box. Either that or he's going to burn Sarita at the stake. Personally, I'm hoping for the latter. Meanwhile Mike is all twisted up inside worrying how to vote. On the one hand, SARITA SUCKS. On the other hand, David is crafty and might be planning a Sarita barbecue. He consults Rooster and Julie which is kind of like consulting a hairball and a belt and I began to wonder if Mike is capable of making any decisions on his own. He's a strong strapping guy. He's been to war for crying out loud. Why is he being such a follower? Shouldn't he have PTSD and grumble about all the carnage he's seen? My god, he's soooooo boring. What a waste of a casting spot. And this brings us to Tribal Council. Dimples asks Rooster how he thinks the challenge went and Rooster replies, "Jayff, twas prettay close t'day. We was ahayd 'til we got ta them balls. " Dimples interrupts him and says to Lawyer Dave, "Finish this sentence. Excuses are for. . . ? " and Dave, without missing a beat, replies, "Losers. " Dimples sits back very pleased with himself while Rooster says, "I'm a loser then. " In that moment Julie grimaced, took her face off and made a purse out of it while Dimples took yet another opportunity to bring up Russell's name. Dave thinks the tribe lacks unity. They were all united when they got rid of Russell, but for some reason it's gone now. At one point they were all friends and shared a goal, but now there's only tension and chaos. Dimples turns to Rooster and asks him how important it is for a tribe to be cohesive. Rooster replies, "Way'll furss Jayff, I dun know what coyheesive means. " *sighs* The tribe snickers to themselves and, in an attempt to simplify things, Dimples asks if he'd rather manage a group of guys who hated each other but got the job done or a group of guys who loved each other but did shit work. Rooster replies, "I disagree. " *smacks self in head* It was here that it dawned on me that Rooster doesn't understand anything anyone is saying. . . ever. He's a local guy with local ears and the only language he understands is Virginie. Mind you, I live in Virginia, but Rooster lives in Virginie. The quorum continues and The Cuddler whined a little, Julie turned her arm skin into a leather headband and Sarita babbled some nonsense about the Oceanic Six. David continued to be a bit of an arrogant smartass, but I kind of dug it. On a tribe full of pussies you need a smartass. I wonder if I could get that handstitched on a pillow somewhere. In the end, Zappa did the right thing and Sarita is the seventh person voted out of Survivor: Redemption Island. Dumb bitch didn't even pack a bag. So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? Are you glad Sarita went home? Do you think she has any chance against the Pretty Pony? If Pretty Pony comes back, will Mascaroni stab him in his sleep? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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Ummm I have NO idea where either of these bands get their drugs, but they must be good… Like REALLY good. Ummm… like the kind that Charlie Sheen gets. This first guy was completely unknown to me and the minute I read his sad little bio about working in a vegan restaurant and making music with no money, I had to dig around. I watched a few things and couldn't help thinking he is what Pedro and Napolean's baby would look like. Sure, he's scary, like weird and thinks too weird for me to comprehend-scary… but he's damn good at making the pop musics. I like him. I just don't … ya know… wanna eat vegan food with him anytime soon. These next guys also spend time with Charlie Sheen or his dealer … or something. You might already know them form the "Combination Pizza Hut Bell" jam. At least, that's the presence they had until now on my iPod. I did some more digging for the blog to see if maybe that one jam wasn't indicative of the rest of their collection. Nope, it is. They have songs like, "Chicken and Meat" that are equally as emotionally moving as the Taco Bell song. But, alas, everyone needs a laugh every now and then… why not let these guys give it to you in the form of drug fueled munchie ridiculousness? You wish you had Charlie Sheen's dealer's phone number now, don't you?
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On Amazon's peak day, Dec. 15, customers ordered a record 6. 3 million items, or almost 73 items each second, the company said. Last year, the peak day was Dec. 10, when customers ordered 5. 4 million items. Amazon's press release has all sorts of entertaining factoids: the weight of all GPS devices it sold from Black Friday through December equals the combined weight of 151 Mini Coopers; it sold enough "Breaking Dawn" books that, if stacked end to end, they would reach the summit of Mount Everest eight times; and its top sellers in electronics included a 52-inch Samsung LCD HDTV and the eight-gigabyte Apple iPod Touch. But the numbers do little to tell us how good (or bad) Amazon's season really was. The company didn't disclose whether shoppers bought more or fewer high-priced items than in previous years or whether discounts ate into profit margins. It didn't disclose revenue or even the total volume of products it shipped throughout the holiday season. What's more, as consumers do more and more of their shopping online, where Amazon is the leading retailer, a "record" season at Amazon is hardly surprising. Amazon has claimed that its holidays were the "best ever" or "busiest ever" every year since at least 2002. As Douglas Anmuth, an analyst at Barclays Capital, said in a note to investors early Friday: "AMZN's announcement this A. M. that it posted another record holiday season should not come as a surprise given the ongoing secular shift toward e-comm., along w/ AMZN's continued mkt share gains, but it appears likely to move the stock some in the N-T [near-term] given the lack of positive retail news flow & thin overall trading. " The near-term stock gain did materialize, but it was short-lived. After the opening, Amazon shares traded as high as $53. 95, a nearly 5 percent gain from their pre-Christmas close of $51. 44. But shares slid throughout the day and closed at $51. 78, up just 0. 66 percent.
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Talk about bad luck; Baking up a storm with less than a day standing between me and the ice cream party in Brooklyn, and disaster strikes. It's a long story, but let me just tell you that I found myself with a sink full of glass and one less baking dish in my pantry. Flooded with regret and a mild sense of panic, having just broken a dish that had been a part of our family for even longer than I had been, a stunned silence pervaded my mind as I dropped each shard of glass into the trash bin, one by one. What to do, what to do. After a few moments of spinning my wheels unsuccessfully, the truth was became evident: I needed a new baking dish, as there were simply no others big enough to accommodate this crumble. Well, I was soon to find out that this was easier said than done. Arriving at the local baking supply shop with a sense of urgency and my patient mother in tow, I searched fruitlessly for a matching dish. Employees soon came to my aide, offering up alternatives when the perfect pan didn't present itself. A roasting pan? No, wrong shape. A jelly roll pan? No too shallow. So we departed with a bit more desperation than before, and ventured to the restaurant supply store. A myriad of fun gadgets and tools presented themselves, and I couldn't help but poke a bit… But still, no baking dish. Off to investigate at a home supply store… but then, easily distracted as I am, I found myself in a spice shop instead. And then a Whole Foods. And then back at home, with no pan at all but plenty of groceries instead! Curse my wandering mind… Finally, after going back out a few hours later once the sun had disappeared from the horizon, I secured an acceptable substitute- The only catch was, this model was much bigger than the original, and so the recipe had to be enlarged to follow suit. I must warn you, this makes a huge helping of dessert, and I feared that I would end up taking a good bit of it back with me after the party. Much to my delight and surprise, it was actually the first thing to go, even served cold! So, if you're hosting a crowd and want an easy dish that will leave a smile on your guests' faces, this one's for you. Just don't go breaking that pan, or you might never find a replacement! Apple Crumble for an Army 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour 1 1 Cups Rolled Oats 1 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon 1 Teaspoon Salt 3 Cup Melted Margarine or Canola Oil 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon 1 Teaspoon Ground Ginger 1 Cup Lemon Juice 1 Cup Apple Juice Concentrate 1 Cup Granulated Sugar 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch Pinch of Salt 12 Apples (6 tart, 6 sweet) 1 Cup Mixed Dried Fruit (Chopped into medium-sized pieces, if appropriate) 1 Cup Slivered Almonds Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients for the topping in a large bowl and slowly drizzle in the melted margarine or oil while stirring. It will seem dry at first, but don't be tempted to add more liquid- Soon you will have coarse crumbs that are plenty moist. Set this aside for the time being. Moving on to the filling, whisk together everything but the fruits and nuts in a 17 x 12 baking dish. I started out using a large bowl, but it wouldn't all fit, so save yourself the trouble of another dish to wash (this is the vessel that you'll bake the crumble in, too. ) Once that's done, start peeling, coring, and slicing the apples (I used granny smith and fuji, by the way, but any mix you'd prefer would be equally tasty. ) Put the apple slices in the mixture you've stirred up in the pan, and toss to coat thoroughly. Make sure you don't leave any slices high and dry. When all the apples have been dealt with in a similar manner, stir in the dried fruit so that it's evenly distributed (go for anything you've got in the house, but I happened to have dates, apricots, and currants on hand). Sprinkle the almonds over the top without stirring, and then sprinkle the oat mixture over that. Slide the whole thing into the oven for 40 - 50 minutes until browned and bubbly. Wait at least 10 minutes before serving and dish it out while still warm. Serves 25 - 30
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Have you ever used a ruffle attachment on your sewing machine? I had been wanting a ruffle attachment for awhile, but never got around to ordering one. A couple of weeks ago I began researching their cost and videos on how to use them. I have a bernina so my first thought centered around purchasing a bernina ruffle attachment no. 86. I found the Bernina brand for around $100 on EBay, new and in the box, but I also found a knock off brand for $26. 99! I purchased the knock off one. It arrived within a few short days and I was beyond excitement to put that baby on and begin making ruffles! Four hours later and after watching you tube videos repeatedly for the life of me I could not figure out how to attach that ruffle attachment properly. Yes, there were instructions in the box, but they were horrible and the more I read them the more I became confused. Finally after just sitting and looking at the ruffle attachment and studying how it was made I had a light bulb moment! Once I figured out how to assemble the gadget it was time to find the proper ruffle setting. That took a considerable amount of time too, but after playing with it and changing the numbers on the devise I was finally making the prettiest ruffles. In fact I do believe those ruffles are probably the prettiest ruffles I've ever seen on this side of the Missouri! I even dabbled with some hang tag making! My advise to you if you purchase a ruffle attachment. . . Take it slow and watch a few how to videos before attempting to assemble. I hope this gets you ruffle excited and wanting to make oodles upon oodles of ruffles! Because I believe, Ruffles are RONDERFUL! SHARE THOSE RONDERFUL RUFFLES! CLICK ON THE LINK ICON AND ADD YOUR BLOG POST. POST MUST REFLECT RUFFLES THAT YOU HAVE MADE! enjoy caring and sharing days
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TRT Holdings, parent of the Omni Hotels, has agreed to sell its stake in Gaylord Entertainment back to the company and drop its opposition to Gaylord's plans to sell management rights to Marriott. The announcement, made early Tuesday by Nashville-based Gaylord, appears to end the feud between the two hotel companies over the future of Gaylord, which owns the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. Irving-based TRT Holdings, owned by local billionaire Robert Rowling, had opposed a plan in which Gaylord would sell management rights and then convert itself into a real estate investment trust, retaining ownership of the four Gaylord properties. Marriott would take over operations October 1 and the company would convert to a REIT in January, according to the plan. Under the deal announced Tuesday, Gaylord is buying 5 million TRT shares for $185 million or $37 a share. The stock closed above $37 Monday. Gaylord also agreed to file a registration statement to acquire TRT Holdings' remaining 5. 6 million shares, "which would allow TRT Holdings the opportunity to exit the remainder of its position. " TRT has been the largest Gaylord share holder and its opposition to the deal represented a road block. TRT Holdings has agreed to vote its remaining 5. 6 million shares in favor of the Marriott / REIT plan. Under a standstill provision in the repurchase agreement, TRT Holdings and its affiliates have agreed not to buy any of Gaylord's securities and not to seek to influence the company's board of directors or company policies for three years. Also, under the repurchase agreement, Gaylord, TRT Holdings, and its affiliates agree "not to disparage the other party during such three-year period, " Gaylord said. Officials with TRT could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A company that's towing a banner over Penn State demanding the removal of a Joe Paterno statue has a history of controversy, according to aviation records. A plane licensed to Air America Aerial Ads of Genoa, Ohio, flew over State College on Wednesday with a banner saying "Take the statue down or we will, " according to the Centre Daily Times. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded a plane from the same company after it towed banners taunting Tiger Woods during the 2010 Masters golf tournament. A report last week concluded that Paterno helped cover up child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. A man who answered the phone at Air America declined to give his name or identify who paid for the flight, but he says they believe in free speech.
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Skip to content Skip to navigation Black Country History Web Site Black Country History is a searchable website which allows users to find information about documents, maps, photographs, art works, objects and more held by archives and museums services within the Black Country. The eight partners involved in this website are: Dudley Archives and Local History Service Dudley Museums Service Sandwell Community History and Archives Service Sandwell Museums Service Walsall Local History Centre Walsall Museums Service Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service Contact information for accessibility help Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service Wolverhampton Art Gallery N. Hingley & Sons Ltd, Washington Street, Netherton - Ref No: p - Repository: Dudley Archives & Local History Service - Date: [c1960] - Description: Goods wagon belonging to Hingley's on display in a museum. - Admin History: A forge and a small chain-making factory was founded by Noah Hingley (1796-1877) at Cradley, in the early 1800s. The company later produced pig iron for the manufacture of wrought iron. Noah Hingley leased mining areas from the Earl of Dudley in order to raise his own coal, limestone, and iron ore. Hingley's activities encompassed the Netherton Ironworks; The Harts Hill Iron Works; The Old Hill Furnaces; and various collieries. Until 1820, Noah Hingley was a nail master and maker of small chains, but by the 1830s, he had established himself as an ironmaster - manufacturing pig iron and wrought iron, before establishing his chain works at Netherton in 1837. It was one of, if not the largest cable making factory in the world. In 1848 he began making anchors and cables for the shipping industry. New extended premises were erected at Netherton in 1852. Noah Hingley died in 1877 and was succeeded by his son, Benjamin Hingley (1830-1905). He ran the company until 1895 when he was forced to retire due to a serious illness. The Company was then taken over by his nephews, George Benjamin Hingley (1850-1918), who became Managing Director, and Henry Montagu Hingley (1855-1909). George Benjamin Hingley was a long-standing member of the Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board; and served as vice-chairman of the South Staffordshire Ironmasters Association. By 1909, 90% of all Britain's production of chain took place in the Netherton and Cradley areas; and Hingley's was the largest chain manufacturer in that area, at one point, they were manufacturing some 10, 000 tons of anchors and chains per year. Most of the big ocean-going liners of Cunard and other companies had anchors and chains made by Hingleys - for example in 1911, Hingley's manufactured the enormous 15 ton anchor for the ill-fated SS Titanic. The anchor was pulled through the streets of Netherton by 20 shire horses, and the townspeople turned out to watch the spectacular event. They also made the anchor for the yacht of Tzar Nicholas of Russia. Other companies were taken over from the early 20th century (some absorbed, others maintained as wholly owned subsidiaries, etc. ) and further subsidiaries established. In the post-Second World War (1939-1945) era some dormant subsidiaries were revived and renamed as the group took on (albeit incompletely) a holding company-operating subsidiary pattern. Various activities were grouped (e. g. "Engineering") and in the 1960s subsidiaries and plants were rationalised. The whole group was absorbed by F. H. Lloyd and Company, Ltd. of Wednesbury in 1966 but the consequent reorganisation of management, subsidiaries and activities was not completed until 1970, at which time F. H. Lloyd was reconstructed as a holding company and Hingley's became one of its principal subsidiaries through which various of the old Hingley subsidiaries were controlled. - Level: Item - For more information contact: Dudley Archives
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Isn't this bike gorgeous? ! Jorg & Olif has created my dream bike. thoughts + things i'm in love with the kickstand alone! i wish i could afford that: ( oooh! love it! oh, it's beautiful! i have this bike! not this one but the original black one - with a lovely wicker basket. it was worth every penny. It looks alot like my Batavus Old Dutch bike. And many of the other bikes here in Copenhagen. this bike totally reminded me of a post on this website: strange how transparent us "white people" are: 0) its a fun daily read to nod and smile at. gorgeous. although i heard it's hard to get it fixed here bc the replacement parts are all danish. . . Oh I love that bike, so romantic. If only I had the ability to ride and not crash, if only. I really appreciate your thoughts and ideas, thanks for reading!
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The Chicago Stadium Chair -- A Great Conversation Piece Sunday, 04. 06. 2008 / 12: 06 AM / Features By Evan Weiner - Correspondent |Former Blackhawk Darcy Rota has a Chicago Stadium seat in his home and it's a conversation starter for guests. | Both Mets and Yankees officials would do well if they were to steal a 1994 idea from Chicago Blackhawks ownership before Chicago Stadium was closed down to make way for a new arena. Owner Bill Wirtz, gave away seats from "The Madhouse on Madison" to one-time Blackhawks players. Darcy Rota, who was a member of the Blackhawks from 1973 to 1979, has a seat in his home, and the seat is a conversation starter for guests. Chicago Stadium hosted Blackhawks games from 1929 to 1994, as well the NBA's Chicago Bulls from 1967 through 1994, five United States political conventions and even an NFL playoff game in 1932 -- played on an 80-yard field. There was also a massive pipe organ built into the structure. "I am sure they sent most of the players who played for the Blackhawks the chair, " Rota said. "For me, it's been something that is a great talk piece when people come to the house. It's got my name and my number when I played for the Blackhawks and the Blackhawks logo. But it is an old rickety chair and people get quite a kick out of it. The young kids and my young kids don't know about the Chicago Stadium. " Chicago Stadium had a colorful history and was unique. Players had to walk up and down a flight of steps to get to the ice surface, which was smaller than the standard 200-feet by 85-feet setup in the NHL. Therefore, there was less room between the blue lines. Plus, the place was maybe the loudest building in the NHL. |Real or imagined? The stories are great The long and storied career of Gordie Howe also is a career full of stories that may or may not be true, as Evan Weiner explains in Off the Wall. . . . more But climbing up and down the steps was the biggest obstacle players had, and it was not an easy hike. "You wanted to make sure you didn't slip because you were walking down steps with skates on, " he said. "You had to be careful about that. The odd guy would tumble and fall down the stairs. Basically, you had to watch your steps as you went down. " If one guy fell, it could have had a domino affect and a whole team of players could have fallen down at the same time. But during Rota's tenure, that never happened. The console of the Chicago Stadium 3, 663-pipe Barton Organ, which was played for years by Al Melgard, now resides in the Las Vegas home of Phil Maloof whose brothers own the NBA's Sacramento Kings. That organ was as much a part of Blackhawks history as Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita. It was a legendary musical instrument. "That organ was fantastic and it was a very, very special place to play, " Roda said. "(The rink) was about 185 feet long or so. It was a tough place for visiting players to play. People I know found it an intimidating place to play. If you weren't ready to play a game in Chicago Stadium you were in the wrong business because of the type of atmosphere in there. I always enjoyed the ice area, it was never a problem. "Now it's a parking lot and it's unfortunate that the Stadium is no longer there. " Chicago Stadium perfectly fit into its era and was vastly different from the other NHL rinks in Boston, Detroit, Montreal, New York and Toronto during the days of the Original Six between 1942 and 1967. Sign up here for your FREE Playoff Fantasy Hockey Challenge team, exclusively on. "You couldn't hide in the some of these Original Six places because the ice surfaces were small. A lot of history, a lot of tradition. Growing up as a young boy in Canada, of course following the Original Six teams and having an opportunity to play in the National Hockey League, it was pretty exciting. A lot of old rinks with lots of character are gone (now), replaced with fancy buildings for revenue opportunities now. " The new arenas are, in some cases, too nice. The chairs are too plush and don't have the character -- or probably the stories that a chair from Chicago Stadium could tell. It is well known that Blackhawks games routinely broke city fire laws because there were more people in the building than the 17, 317-seat capacity. There was the fog horn after goals, Melgard and the organ, and if the chair could talk, the stories would probably be intriguing. Author: Evan Weiner | Correspondent
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Posts Tagged 'ipod touch' Apple has recently released iOS 4. 2 Beta for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G and 3G and iPad only for developers. You might want to downgrade from iOS 4. 2 to iOS 4. 1 / iOS 4. 0. 1 4. 0. 2 firmware due to any problems occurring or you cannot still jailbreak iOS 4. 2. Below is a simple step by step guide for both windows and Mac users to downgrade to iOS 4. 1 or iOS 4. 0. 1 or iOS 4. 0. 2 from iOS 4. 2. These are instructions on how to perform an untethered jailbreak on your iPod touch using the Spirit Jailbreak and Windows. To follow these instructions you must be using an activated device not stuck on the Connect to iTunes or Emergency Call screen. Any version of iTunes 9 til 9. 1. 1 will work. After the first fix of blackra1n with iTunes 9. 1 Today I present a second Fix for resolving the conflict blackra1n with iTunes 9. 1. with running the jailbreak firmware 3. 1. 2 iPhone and iPod Touch. The downloadable tools from here and is a French developer solves this problem. For those who do not know Apple changed the position of some DLL files in the latest iTunes 9. 1, which prevented blackra1n RC3 to work properly with jailbroken (tethered) on iPhone firmware 3. 1. 2 The benchmark of the action-adventure games on next-gen consoles lands for the first time on your iPhone and iPod Touch. **IGN: "Assassin's Creed looks fantastic. This is a console game for your iPhone that sacrifices very little. " **MacWorld: "One of the most ambitious titles for the iPhone yet. The game takes several hours to complete (think 6-10+) and is therefore one of the most lengthy (and challenging) iPhone games I've played. " **Pocket Gamer Silver Award: "Honed from an earlier release, this much improved version cuts through control problems with impressive, varied gameplay for a rousing and wholly worthwhile adventure. " Jerusalem, 1191 AD. The Third Crusade between the Crusaders and Saracens is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are Altaïr, a Master Assassin sent by the Order of the Assassins on a quest to find "The Chalice", an object of such power that it can end the Crusades, depending on which camp owns it. Steal The Chalice from the Templars before someone offers them the right price for it. The fate of the Holy Land depends on you… Output is now the new version of Redsn0w 0. 9beta3 What devices, platforms, and FW versions are supported? The beta supports: All iPhones and iPod touches except the iPod touch 3G Windows and Mac OSX (x86) Apple firmware 3. 0 and 3. 1. 2 When it's out of beta, it will support the iPod touch 3G, PPC OSX, and Linux. Error 1015 firmware downgrade iPhone and iPod Touch From the Apple support site: Error 1015: This error is caused by the attempt to downgrade the firware of the iPhone or iPod touch. This may occur when you try to restore an old file. Ipsw. The downgrade to a previous version is not supported. To resolve this problem, groped to restore the latest iPhone or iPod touch available from Apple. If you want to resolve the error 1015 follow this Tutorial: Proceed as follows: With the NAVIGON MobileNavigator you can transform your iPhone into a fully functional mobile navigation system that is every bit as good as the multi-award-winning personal navigation devices from NAVIGON in terms of its user-friendliness and features. Thanks to a faithful adaptation of the menu functions, the NAVIGON MobileNavigator fits in seamlessly with the operating concept of the iPhone. The application includes the latest map material from the market leader NAVTEQ. Connect your iPod to the computer with which you use it more often (the first computer with which you sync your iPod), then open iTunes. Once disconnected from the computer, the iPod is unlocked. CanihazRecover is a tool (applications) for iPhone and iPod touch, which unlocks the device if it remains locked in implementing power on the apple symbol.
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Group Petitions White House To Make May 20 "Macho Man" Randy Savage Day Randy "Macho Man" Savage is a wrestling legend, a personality unlike many others in the history of sports. From the Slim Jim commercials, to his memorable pro wrestling interviews, we all can remember a time we heard his "Ohhh Yeeeea. " Savage died tragically on May 20 2011, in a tragic car accident, and now a group at want that day to be remembered and celebrated forever. Yes that's right, they want May 20 to be Randy "Macho Man" Savage day every year. The petition reads, "Macho Man Randy Savage was a national treasure loved by everyone … no matter if you knew him from Slim Jim commercials or his wrestling career, you felt a deep connection with Savage … keep his legacy alive for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. " Randy Savage's brother, Lanny Poffo was more than pleased by the development saying, "The fans will never let Randy Die. He made it cool to love wrestling. " The group needs 100, 000 by April 4 in order to get the White House to review it, so far it's only got 2, 425 signatures.
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March 2, 2009 being a ditto-head just got a whole lot more fun. i haven't always been one though. i used to listen to rush for a few minutes and then get so annoyed at his bombastic hotair that i had to turn him off. but then i grew up and understood more about his teaching style. i began listening to him to learn more and more about the PRINCIPLES of conservatism and how they really are principles to live by, to govern by. and now, the uber-successful conservative radio talk show talent rush limbaugh, is arguably The One's greatest nightmare. he was slated to speak for 20 minutes saturday night at CPAC, the conservative political action conference, in DC this weekend. rush spoke for an hour and half and even then, no one wanted him to stop. except maybe the democrats. oh and his speech at cpac? he didn't use a teleprompter. his speech came from his core, where he really lives inside himself, his own personal belief system. obama can't do that. the resistance is alive.
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The anger, disgust and disappointment of fellow Democrats will be felt by John Edwards as he goes on trial tomorrow for allegedly misusing campaign finance money to help keep secret his affair with another woman. The candidate at the time was a married father of three, whose late wife, Elizabeth, had breast cancer. Jurors will hear opening statements the federal courthouse in Greensboro, North Carolina. Edwards, 58, is accused of conspiring to solicit the money, receiving more than the $2, 300 allowed from any one donor, and failing to report the payments as contributions. m He faces six felony counts, each carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250, 000 fine. Edwards admits personal failings but insists he broke no laws. Edwards' defenders say the government is overreaching with its prosecution of Edwards, the son of mill workers who earned his fortune as a trial lawyer in North Carolina before being elected as a U. S. senator from the state in 1998. His defense lawyers dispute the Justice Department's interpretation of federal election laws, arguing the donors would have given the money regardless of the campaign and did so knowing it wouldn't be used for campaign purposes. The money was not spent to influence the election but rather to conceal the affair and resulting pregnancy from Edwards' wife and children, they said. Edwards never personally received any of the payments, nor did his campaign. The money was used to cover living expenses and medical care for his mistress, campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, rather than traditional campaign activities. "This is expanding the scope of the definition of campaign contribution, " said Ron Wright, a law professor at Wake Forest University who is not involved in the case. "It is an unprecedented definition. " And now you know what will be on Talk Radio in the coming weeks, obliterating all other news.
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Ever just look at some girls and say "Sit on my face, right now. " or is that just me? There are just too many girls that I wanna be cute with. Fuck. I think getting nudes from cute girls is the only thing that would distract me from Halo. It's almost Topless Tuesday. My favorite day of the week. I just wanna text a cute girl that shows her boobs. I wanna text girls that participate in Topless Tuesday. Today I won't roll around in this Browning covered bed and get off my ass. Maybe go wash my truck, find a new girl to call mine, find a hobby. There's gotta be more to do instead of having the don't wants.
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I'm a fan of anime. My favorite anime shows are Clannad, Clannad: After Story and Eureka Seven. I've watched several anime shows on both English and Japanese so I'm pretty familiar with the voice actors. Bleach was the first anime I saw in an English dub. Because of my interest in voice acting I've created my own voice acting wiki along with my fellow voice acting lover A-Stone. Also I've been a Star Wars fan since I was four years old. Now I'm a Lord of the Rings fan also. My favourite Voice actors I first heard Crispin as Haldir in Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II and when I later heard him as Holland Novak in Eureka Seven I started liking his voice very much. Now I follow a lot of series were he dubs characters among them Naruto where he voices Itachi Uchiha, Durarara! ! where he provides the awesome Shizuo's voice and Code Geass where he does a good performance as Jeremiah Gottwald. James Earl Jones He doesn't need an introduction. He's Darth Vader and that's why I love his voice! He's very good as Mufasa in The Lion King too! If you've seen School Rumble you will love her forever! She does the voice of the heroine Tenma Tsukamoto. She also does splendid performances as Nagisa Furukawa and Ushio Okazaki in Clannad. Johnny Yong Bosch Obviously he is good as Ichigo but he does more awesome characters than that. Izaya Orihara in Durarara! !, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven and Sasori in Naruto Shippuden. - Help: Index - useful section that gives tips and examples on how to do just about everything on the Bleach Wiki. - Help Desk Forum - a place to ask for help from other members of the Bleach Wiki's community, especially for technical matters. - You can use your user page or the Bleach Wiki: Sandbox to test out edits. - Please read our policies, as they are for the benefit of all and will be enforced. - Manual of Style - guidelines for how your edits on the wiki should look and what is acceptable practice. - Spoiler Policy - basically, do not add content from a chapter until it is released in English. - Image Policy - outlines rules for uploading and using images. - User Page Policy - outlines the rules for user pages and user talk pages.
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Dwight Howard and the Biggest Posers in the NBA Before I start off this article, let me first say that I respect each and every one of these players. I admire the work they put in to get to the level they're currently at and they deserve all the credit for achieving their biggest goals and dreams. So, that makes it a lot easier to say that we're going to find and discuss the NBA's top five biggest posers. What exactly is a poser? It's a player that's either attempting to be something they're not or a player that creates more problems than solutions. Whether it's on or off the court, these five usually are attempting to put on the facade that they're a completely different person. Some are physical specimens that play small and others are small players that attempt to pass themselves off as big. Either way, they all share the same characteristic of attempting to be something they're not or completely going against the gameplan. Instead of making the necessary adjustments and sacrifices needed, after demanding a trade to that team, you may just earn yourself a spot on the league's biggest posers. We take a look at these five players and the reasons why they have ended up on this unfortunate list. Sam Greenwood Images It's become incredibly agitating seeing Dwight Howard and his latest opinion every other day. It's annoying mostly because he didn't have to be in this situation in the first place. Howard was a free agent heading into the summer, but decided to take on an opt-in clause that would allow another year for the Orlando Magic to either make a compelling trade or find the players that could help Dwight to another Finals appearance. Instead, Howard started accusing the Magic organization of blackmailing him, although it's reasonable to believe Dwight didn't know what blackmail meant at the time. This came about when Dwight was under the belief the Magic front office tricked him into staying another year. The Magic want to get rid of Dwight by this point, which is why they're listening to these awful offers from Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. They're tired of the headache their franchise center is causing and their angry that they just let go of their general manager and head coach because of Dwight, who was believed to have been behind a coup to oust Stan Van Gundy as the Magic coach. Now we continue to wait. The teams that Howard wants to go to don't have the trade chips to acquire him and every other team is backing off due to Dwight only wanting to re-sign in either L. A. or BK. So much for Dwight caring about his fans. He's completely turned the fanbase against him after the embarrassing sequence of events that have taken place over the past few months. Jeff Zelevansky Images It's beginning to be tough to believe that Carmelo Anthony is capable of leading this New York Knicks team towards a championship run. In a little over a season since he joined the Knicks, Anthony has yet to make a single adjustment. He took on the facilitator role early on and finished the season averaging only 3. 6 assists per game to go along with a mere 22. 6 points per game on 43 percent shooting. 'Melo's shooting and scoring were at the lowest since early on in his career. Anthony is an excellent player in an isolation setting, but he can't seem to involve his teammates. In fact, he's made Amar'e Stoudemire look worse every time they're on the floor together. There were too many instances last season where Anthony would be taking nearly three times as many shots as Stoudemire, a player who was once arguably known as the best scorer at his position. That's what Carmelo can do. He doesn't involve his teammates enough. Those one-on-one situations can only work for so long, before you have to begin involving your teammates in order to actually win games. The only way the Knicks make a breakthrough and advance themselves is if Anthony makes the sacrifice and adjustment of playing off the ball and attempting to pass more. This Knicks team is too stacked not to work. They have two excellent scorers and the league's top defender; there are absolutely no excuses for this team to get ousted in the first round. Mike Ehrmann Images I'll let Udonis Haslem handle this one: 'I think sometimes people just use the TVs and the cameras and the crowd, you know, to put on a show. I don't think he's all that he shows out there on the court. I think anybody can be a tough guy with a thousand people watching on TV and referees who call fouls and stop the game and different things like that. I don't seeing him being any tough guy that he puts on the show to be, at all … If we were playing at the park, I don't think he'd be doing all that. " The Miami Heat have had some bouts with Kendrick Perkins since his Boston Celtics days. With Dwyane Wade driving to the rim as much as he did to will his team to victory, the Celtics would utilize Perkins as the bruising center who would hack at Wade to send a message. Obviously, his longtime teammates, such as Haslem, would have something to say about it. Perkins also had something to say to LeBron James. Following Blake Griffin's tremendous poster on Kendrick, LeBron James sent out a tweet praising Griffin's dunk and downplaying the dunk he had over John Lucas that same day. Of course, Perkins had something to say to James, despite the rest of the NBA world also having something to say. Why single out LeBron? He's not even saying anything about Kendrick Perkins in the first place. Blake could have performed the same dunk over any defender and James would have said the same thing. It's just Kendrick attempting to stir up some more animosity. And the perma-scowl etched on Perkins face? It can only work for so long. Harry How Images Blake Griffin is a 6'10", 250-pound man-beast that is capable of jumping over buildings and running through brick walls. Things like this should never happen. If you're that big and constantly creating contact in the lane, your jaw running into someone's shoulder shouldn't cause you to writhe in agony for an entire possession. There's a fine line between selling the foul and making yourself look foolish, and Griffin had no trouble crossing it and establishing an entire new area of the art of flopping. Understood that a lot of star players flop, but Griffin should never be flopping over minor hits or even attempting to flop in the first place. That's not a reputation you want to build early in your career, especially when it seems that so many opponents are gunning for you. Blake's become a target of many overly-physical fouls as a result of teams attempting to send a message. The message is mostly used to keep Blake out of the lane, but it's also a message to experience contact worth complaining over. At the age of 23 and after only two years, there's no room to flop and then constantly argue for fouls. I'd say when a jump shot and some solid defense comes around, then Blake could have some reasons to run to the officials in hopes that they'll reverse their decision and make a different call, preferably in his favor. Jonathan Daniel Images This one may be surprising to some, but if you saw what I saw in the Miami Heat's series against the Indiana Pacers, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Danny Granger could not stop attempting to start an altercation with either Dwyane Wade or LeBron James. Numerous times throughout the series, Granger was caught annoying the two and attempting to create a situation out of nothing. Maybe once to send a message, but throughout the series? He pulled on James' jersey to create an altercation, went over the top of LeBron to start a fight, and even going after Dwyane Wade, a player who is four inches shorter than him. That's three separate altercations in a series that lasted six games, all facilitated by Granger Who is Granger attempting to fool? He's usually been mild-mannered, so why did he suddenly become this big talker in a series against the Heat? If he was trying to send a message, it obviously didn't happen because James and Wade shook off each instance. Granger was just attempting to annoy the two into playing badly, instead of utilizing his own average defensive abilities to contain either of the two. Either way, it was embarrassing; because Granger is certainly not the player who should be facilitating altercations.
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Peyton Manning: Broncos QB Should Be Considered Top 5 Fantasy Quarterback Peyton Manning is back and believe it or not, enters the 2012 underrated for possibly the first time in his career. Considering he's learning a new offense in a new city with new teammates and coaches, fantasy owners don't know what to expect from the 36-year-old future Hall of Famer. Oh yeah, then there is the series of neck surgeries that kept him out for the entire 2011 season. All things considered, the newest member of the Denver Broncos is going to be a fantasy risk…but it's a risk worth taking. In his debut last Thursday against the Chicago Bears, Manning was 4-of-7 for 44 yards and an interception. The interception was off a fluky deflection that hit Brandon Stokley in the shoulders in the pouring rain. We all know you would be crazy to judge Manning on one drive in a meaningless preseason game, but it was encouraging to see him barking orders at the line of scrimmage and still possessing some serious zip on the ball. His neck didn't appear to bother him one bit. Looking at the Broncos roster, the two candidates to help Manning's life easier right away will be Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker. At 6'3'' and 230 pounds, Thomas is the perfect red-zone target for Manning and also his best deep threat. He is a budding star that can fully blossom under the tutelage of Manning. Remember, this is a guy that's been stuck with Kyle Orton and Tim Tebow in his two seasons in the league. Collecting 1, 000 yards and 10 TDs is certainly in the realm of possibilities. Then there is Decker, my pick to end up as Manning's go-to receiver. The pair connected on a beautiful 19-yard gain Thursday when the Broncos were facing 3rd-and-17. Decker, who excels out of the slot, has the crisp route-running ability and sticky hands that have made plenty of Colt receivers millions of dollars in the past. Decker is a cerebral player who can handle the load Manning gives him. Expect their chemistry to be spectacular as the season rolls on. With a strong running game and above-average O-line, Manning has all of the tools to put up big numbers on a team with plenty of potential. The incredible stat of Manning that gets swept under the rug is his 227-game streak of consecutive starts. This guy was the symbol of consistency before suffering the neck injury. In a league where one hit can end a career regardless of who the player is, his durability over the last 13 seasons of action can't be overlooked. Is Peyton Manning a Top-5 Fantasy QB in 2012? Don't let his neck injury be the only reason you skip Peyton. Manning isn't going to put up the same type of numbers that Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will in 2012, but he will be a better pick than the injury-plagued Matthew Stafford, the consistent but not amazing Matt Ryan, the turnover prone Tony Romo, and Ben Roethlisberger, who is already dealing with a slew of injuries. Manning has always been fantasy gold, and there is no reason to believe 2012 will be any different. Peyton is back and ready to play a major part in winning you a fantasy football championship. Take advantage of the suckers who overlook him. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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MLB Trade Rumors: Alfonso Soriano and the Top 10 Moveable Players on the Market After the months of speculation leading up to July's trade deadline finally came to a head, it seemed like we could all finally breathe a bit and watch the second half of the MLB season play itself out. That notion was quickly put to rest when the waiver wire acted up in August. We saw players like Joe Blanton and Cliff Lee make news, and while a deal for Lee was never reached, that doesn't mean that others wouldn't be made. The blockbuster deal sending seemingly half of the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers certainly turned the heads of the entire baseball world, and while it may be impossible to expect another trade like that, it doesn't mean that the action has ceased. 10. Travis Hafner Leon Halip Images During Travis Hafner's best days, he was one of the most dangerous hitters in the AL Central and was consistently in AL MVP consideration. He's run into issues staying on the field since then and is currently on the 15-day disabled list, but if healthy, he can still definitely be a home run threat in the Indians lineup. Either way, you would think a trade may be more likely to occur as the team has fallen back from contention in the division. For quite some time, it's looked like this would be Hafner's last season in Cleveland. 9. Andres Torres Recently placed on waivers by the New York Mets, outfielder Andres Torres isn't having an outstanding 2012 season by any means, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be a useful target for a contending team down the stretch. The center fielder is batting just. 233 this season, but a 16-homer campaign in 2010 in which he stole nearly 30 bases shows just what he's capable of when he's at his best. He'll be under team control for another season, and at just under $3 million this season, Torres wouldn't break the bank. 8. Carlos Marmol Joe Robbins Images Control is a premium for relief pitchers hoping to make a positive impact for their team, so it's no surprise that Carlos Marmol has been a disappointment on the mound in 2012. Walking nearly nine batters per nine innings, he has a WHIP approaching 2. 00 and an ERA of 4. 02. With the Cubs looking to rebuild in any way they can, it wouldn't be surprising to see Marmol, who recently cleared waivers, head out of Wrigley sooner rather than later. 7. Scott Hairston Jason Szenes Images Thirty-two-year-old Scott Hairston has had a relatively successful 2012 season thus far, with a batting average approaching. 275 and the highest home run total (14) he's posted since 2008. The New York Mets have a lot of decisions to make this offseason, and deciding on whether or not to retain Hairston may not be one of them. The utility player was placed on waivers along with teammate Andres Torres, and as teams continue to define needs as they head into stretch runs, Hairston could pique the interest of suitors. 6. Justin Morneau Jared Wickerham Images After struggling through concussion problems and other injuries over the past couple of seasons, Justin Morneau appears to finally be hitting his stride. He's gone deep 17 times in 102 games so far in 2012. With his numbers up in virtually every category from last season, Morneau would be a great add for any team looking to bring in a home run threat. With this weekend's news, it's hard to believe the Dodgers would still be interested, but in eight games this month, Morneau is batting. 333 with four home runs, 14 RBI and an OPS of nearly 1. 000. He'll certainly fit in somewhere. 5. Jeff Francoeur J. Meric Images The San Francisco Giants found themselves in a serious predicament recently when they lost slugger Melky Cabrera for the rest of the season after he was handed a 50-game suspension for testosterone usage. Whether or not they look to outside sources for help in the outfield remains to be seen, but as Ken Rosenthal of points out, they could look towards Kansas City Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur as a short-term solution. 4. Jacoby Ellsbury Jared Wickerham Images The Boston Red Sox lineup card has seen some serious changes in the past handful of days, with a number of top stars making their way to the west coast. It would be hard to believe they'll continue to look to unload talent, but as Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe noted, Jacoby Ellsbury is the most recent player in Fenway to hit the waiver wire. No suitor has been revealed, but a team like the Los Angeles Angels could benefit from a player of Ellsbury's caliber, especially as they fight for attention in the city with the suddenly-revamped Dodgers. 3. Edinson Volquez Denis Poroy Images In his first season in San Diego, Edinson Volquez has posted an 8-9 record with an ERA hovering just over 4. 00. He'll be under team control for another season, but the starting pitcher has been placed on waivers, and with his name popping up in July with a connection to the Atlanta Braves, it wouldn't be surprising if he garnered some additional interest now. 2. Justin Upton Christian Petersen Images As is the case anytime the waiver wire lights up, players that almost certainly won't move are pushed out there, even if it means they'll still finish the season in the same uniform. With the mega trade that we just saw send some superstars from Boston to Los Angeles, it's clear that anything is possible. The Arizona Diamondbacks did place star Justin Upton on waivers, and while it's not clear whether or not any serious suitors could emerge, it's definitely something worth watching. 1. Alfonso Soriano Jonathan Daniel Images Earlier, we mentioned the San Francisco Giants' potential need for additional help in the outfield. While Jeff Francoeur may be a more thrifty option to bolster the lineup, adding a player like Alfonso Soriano would help the team match the wheeling and dealing of the division-rival Dodgers. Soriano is owed $18 million per season through 2014, and while he's been considered somewhat of a black hole from a salary perspective, he's been relatively consistent, going deep at least 20 times every season since 2001. This season, he has his highest batting average since 2008.
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Ranking the Pac-12's Toughest Schedules A month into the college football season, the rankings have gone through some changes. Three overrated pretenders (Michigan, Wisconsin and Arkansas) have fallen, one (Oregon State) has risen and three (Arizona, USC and UCLA) have risen and fallen only to rise again. Now, there are still a few questions about the Pac-12 that, when answered, will allow us to determine which Pac-12 team has the strongest (or scariest, depending on how your team is doing right now) schedule. First, where does Southern Cal belong? My gut says the Trojans still take the South, but the Bruins and Sun Devils may make some noise before all is done. Speaking of the Sun Devils, where does one put Arizona State in a Pac-12 power ranking? Many have ASU fifth or sixth, but the Sun Devils could easily be third or fourth. Many questions remain unanswered as the calendar flips to October. But, as of now, which teams look like they will truly run the gauntlet in Pac-12 play this year? These five teams have the toughest road to the title. 5. Washington Huskies Otto Greule Jr Images This last slot was difficult to place. I considered USC and Colorado. Both have schedules of similar difficulty. USC's is loaded with good teams at the end of the season. Colorado's is toughest in October and November. But several of its toughest opponents play the Buffaloes in Boulder. I wanted to put the Huskies lower (or higher, I suppose). They have three Top-10 teams (LSU, Stanford and Oregon) on their schedule in their first five games, and their October schedule is no cupcake buffet. But they close with an easy November that, with the early-season win over Stanford, should give them at least seven wins. Washington lost to LSU in Baton Rouge and has road games at Oregon and Arizona State. But USC and Oregon State have to visit Seattle in October and hope they don't end up like Stanford. 4. California Golden Bears Ezra Shaw Images At times, such as against Ohio State in Columbus, Cal looked like a 7-5 team, but the Bears choked against earlier and easier competition, and now they are reeling, looking for a Pac-12 win somewhere, anywhere. Their schedule, however, isn't forgiving. It has seven ranked teams, possibly eight, with Arizona State on the cusp. Only three of those games are away, which is bad. Why bad? Isn't a home game against a great opponent usually a good thing? Well, if you are the Bears and are expected to get crushed, wouldn't you rather get crushed on the road and save the games you might be able to win for home, in your brand-new stadium? Instead, the Bears' best hope of snagging that Pac-12 victory is in Pullman against Washington State on Oct. 13. What's even worse about the Bears schedule is that there are no breaks. Though they need time off, they go at it every week. The longest span between games is November 2nd to November 10th. They face the Washington Huskies and then the Oregon Ducks. 3. Stanford Cardinal Ezra Shaw Images Though they've taken a lot of heat for their lack of offense in last week's loss at Washington, I have to hand it to the Cardinal: they don't choose to take the easy road. After the first two games (easy victories over San Jose State from the WAC and Duke from the ACC), Stanford's ride is rough, with seven ranked or previously ranked opponents, split into chunks of four and three at a time. Four of those ranked games are away (Washington, Notre Dame, Oregon and UCLA) and the other three are at the Farm. They've already dropped one away from home, so the Cardinal have to hope their sputtering offense doesn't become a trend when on the road. And you know what's really annoying (for a Stanford fan, anyway) about that loss to Washington (well, other than the loss)? It feels like they wasted their off week. Now they just have to ride it out. 2. Oregon State Beavers Christian Petersen Images Not many were expecting Oregon State to make a turnaround quite as sharply as it has. Now every game on a Pac-12 schedule with the Beavers is suddenly scary. And it's not like Oregon State is rising on the backs of lesser foes. The Beavers' first big game (and really, their first game) was against the overrated No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers. But at the time, we didn't know this, at least not quite. Wisconsin had trouble the week before against Northern Iowa, as it looked like David was slapping Goliath all around the field). Next, the Beavers toppled UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Then they headed into the desert against an angry Arizona team looking to bounce back from a humiliating defeat to Oregon. The Wildcats almost won, until Oregon State QB Sean Mannion stole it from them on a stunning last drive. With so many high-profile victories, one almost forgets that they were all hard-fought, two of them on the road. But that's the way the Beavers roll, as evidenced by their roller-coaster ride of a schedule. Of their seven ranked matchups, five are away (and the Civil War with Oregon doesn't really give them home-field advantage). How long the Beavers can sustain their drive is anyone's guess. But the Pac-12 is on alert: Look out for Oregon State. 1. Arizona Wildcats Christian Petersen Images Washington and Oregon State have gotten attention for their rough September and October schedules, probably the roughest in all of college football, some pundits claim. That has to mean that no one has looked at Arizona's schedule because. . . well, words can't capture it. Take a look: Toledo, Oklahoma State, South Carolina State, No. 2 Oregon, No. 14 Oregon State, No. 18 Stanford, Open Date, No. 23 Washington, No. 13 USC, No. 25 UCLA, Colorado, Utah, Arizona State. That's right. In a seven-week stretch, from September 22nd to November 3rd, Arizona has six ranked teams on its schedule, three of which have been in the Top 10 (with the Beavers on the cusp), with half of those games on the road. I, for one, am impressed with how well Rich Rodriguez, Matt Scott and company have endured against such a difficult slate. One can easily imagine that if the big games were a bit more spread out, the Wildcats might have a chance to pull off upsets similar to what they did against Oklahoma State. As it is, even the open date hardly seems like enough of a buffer to regroup and heal, The 'Cats are already battered and thinned two games into this rigorous stretch. Can they keep it together to the end and earn a bowl berth, or will the gauntlet destroy them? I expect we'll know the answer by the end of this month.
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Ronaldinho: Can He Make the Brazil National Team for the 2014 World Cup? He is a player who will forever live in the hearts of football fans worldwide. Indeed, Ronaldinho's five-year spell at Barcelona last decade ranks among the greatest periods of individual brilliance ever seen in the game. He was simply untouchable. The iconic No. 10, though, has seen his career fade since his departure from Camp Nou. He failed to ignite in a two-year stint at Milan, and his return to Brazil with Flamengo was an unmitigated disaster, largely due to off-pitch incidents. After a disappointing showing against Ghana, though, former coach Mano Menezes decided that the experiment had failed-Ronaldinho was no longer able to keep pace at the highest level. Just over a year later, though, the calls for his return to the Seleção can be heard again. Following an acrimonious end to his time at Flamengo, Ronaldinho was offered redemption in the form of a short-term contract at Atlético Mineiro. The results have been impressive. The ponytailed playmaker came into the club under unusual circumstances. For the first time in his illustrious career, there had not been a clamour to secure his signature. Ronaldinho was tainted by accusations of poor professionalism, as well as a general feeling that his best days were just a distant memory. Atlético, though, gave him his chance and have been rewarded greatly for their gamble. The Porto Alegre-born star has inspired a club that was close to relegation last campaign. Alongside the likes of rising star Bernard and former Manchester City striker Jô, Ronaldinho has led a revival. Reward came this past week as, having helped the club to second place in the league, Ronaldinho was named the Brazilian championship Player of the Year. The difficulty for new Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari will not be deciding whether Ronaldinho is worthy of a place to take on England in February. On current form, he could undoubtedly offer a useful contribution. The issue will be whether there is enough reason to believe that the two-time FIFA World Player of the Year will still be performing at these levels in eighteen months' time, when football's biggest festival visits Brazil for the first time since the country's famous Maracanazo defeat of 1950. Ronaldinho has undoubtedly been in fine form for club side Atlético, but his lifestyle still draws criticism. It was the main reason behind his exit from Barcelona in 2008 and remains an issue that he has never fully resolved. I want to see him behave like a player that wants to be a world champion. He needs to change a few things. -Mano Menezes, former Brazil coach told Arena SporTV in March 2012 He has enjoyed a fine season, without question, but there are legitimate concerns that he cannot maintain this form in the long run. He enjoyed a similar purple patch at Flamengo, but performance levels dropped off after a few months. That said, the club's inability to pay their player on time undoubtedly contributed to his decline in both form and professionalism. Questions should also be asked regarding his ability to transfer this recent form onto the international stage. As everybody knows, the domestic game in Brazil is an entirely different beast. In this regard, there are several factors to consider. If Brazil are to compete with the likes of Spain and Germany at the World Cup, it will not be through the sort of tactics seen in the Brasileirão. The attacking midfielders cannot simply ignore their defensive work and linger on the halfway line, waiting for the ball to be launched forward by the defence. That would be disastrous. Thus, Brazil are going to need players who will close down, track back and, when in possession, offer a dynamic presence. In Brazil, Ronaldinho is afforded space to play the game at his pace. As he found on his last attempt at international football, though, the pace of the game could be too much for him. With those arguments against his recall, what are the arguments in favour? Will Ronaldinho make the 2014 World Cup? Well, firstly, his previous working relationship with Scolari can only help. Ronaldinho helped Brazil to their fifth World Cup triumph in 2002 under the veteran manager and will hope that this relationship can earn him another shot. Scolari will not accept underperformance, but could be willing to give his former charge a chance to prove himself ahead of the Confederations Cup. Ronaldinho may not be the same player he once was, but does he need to be? With the energy of young starlets Neymar and Oscar around him, there is an argument that the former Barcelona man could be accommodated. That is something Felipão must consider. What Ronaldinho has shown this season is that he still has the skill and guile to unlock defences, even if it is now normally with a pass rather than his dribbling abilities. The Atlético star also offers more of a threat from set pieces than any current member of the squad. We are all aware that we have a dual responsibility in this tournament. The first is to present a type of football that honours our tradition. -Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian president at a press conference in December 2012. Scolari is truly in a fortunate position regarding creative options: Oscar, Neymar and Lucas Moura are all brilliant players and should still improve over the next 18 months. However, the trio will be aged just 22, 22 and 21 respectively when the tournament comes around. This is where Ronaldinho, Robinho or Kaká could have some use. Ronaldinho has enjoyed a fine campaign, Robinho is still adored in his homeland and Kaká has performed well since recall to the squad earlier this year. It would be a mistake to rely on the trio given their indifferent form in recent years, but their experience could prove invaluable as part of a very young squad. They will not all be involved, but it is likely that Scolari will look to involve one or two of the three-even if just as an option off the substitutes' bench. With Brazil hosting the tournament, the team simply have to perform, and must do so with a style and panache worthy of their traditions. Scolari now has three months to consider whether a fit, focused Ronaldinho can be the showman that the Brazilian public so desperately crave. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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NFL Week 15 Picks: Road Warriors That Will Narrowly Defeat Home Teams We are to the point of the NFL season where teams that need victories decide to play the best football of the season. Those same teams find a way to get into the postseason and are generally the ones who make a run once they get there. With that said, here are three road teams who will find a way to get the job done in Week 15. Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Dallas Cowboys Pittsburgh and Dallas are two teams playing for a postseason berth. The Cowboys are coming off a great road victory over the scorching hot Cincinnati Bengals. The Steelers, however, are coming off one of the more disappointing performances of the season. They lost to the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field. No, Charlie Batch wasn't in the game throwing three interceptions while looking terrible. Ben Roethlisberger was back under center and received little help from the offensive line, his running backs, Todd Haley and his receivers. Now the two will lock horns in Dallas this week with a lot on the line. Mike Tomlin and his Steelers have a way of getting up for big games. Dallas is a team that every team can get up for, and Tomlin will have his guys ready similar to what they were against the Baltimore Ravens last week. Just when Dallas has your attention, they find a way to blow it down the stretch. They will do it again. Prediction: Steelers 20, Cowboys 17. New York Giants defeat Atlanta Falcons All teams go through a funk at one point of a 16-game season. Atlanta is currently going to go through that funk. With the Giants coming into town, and with their ability to get up for games, New York and Eli Manning will find a way to get the job done in Atlanta. Atlanta's defense is average this season. Prior to Sunday's game against Carolina, the Falcons ranked 15th in passing yards allowed and 20th in rushing yards allowed. If Manning can receive time to throw the football he will carve up the Falcons' defense. Also, Matt Ryan hasn't been overly impressive since playing the Saints on Nov. 11. Since that game, Ryan has accounted for four touchdowns and seven interceptions. Against a stingy defensive front four, New York will find a way to rattle Ryan just like they did last year in the postseason. Prediction: Giants 27, Falcons 23. San Francisco 49ers defeat New England Patriots Remember when the Arizona Cardinals went to New England and defensively defeated the Patriots earlier this season? They forced a turnover, held New England to 5-of-15 on third downs and won at the line of scrimmage. San Francisco will play that same exact role in Week 15. The 49ers are another team that gets up for games when they feel disrespected. Throughout this week, San Francisco will hear its share of doubts from the analysts. With its stout defense, San Francisco will have the right remedy for Brady and the Patriots. Expect one of San Francisco's best games of the season. Prediction: 49ers 20, Patriots 17. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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Michigan vs. Ohio State: Twitter Reaction, Postgame Recap and Analysis The Ohio State Buckeyes got off to a fast start and held on for the thrilling 56-53 win at home. The loss was the first of the season for the No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines. There are now no unbeaten teams in Division I NCAA basketball. The Wolverines fought back from a 20-point deficit to tie the game on two occasions late, but they didn't have the final push to pull out the tough road victory. This was a great game to watch and served as a preview of things to come in the Big Ten Tournament and March Madness in general. Here is a balanced account of what took place at the Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander gave this pregame speech to his team before the loss to the Buckeyes on Sunday. The Wolverines came into the game as the nation's last undefeated team, and everyone wanted to know if this was the day the "0" would go. That includes ESPN's Jay Williams: This game had several qualities. The sweet alley-oop plays were just one aspect: The Wolverines battled back from a 20-point deficit to tie the game, and that resiliency made this a regular-season gem: And has tied the game! WOW. We got a game! - ESPN College BBall ( ) January 13, 2013 ESPN's college hoops Twitter feed delivers the news: BBall ( ) January 13, 2013 How the Buckeyes Won This Game 16-0 Run Early in the First Half Perhaps the Wolverines were overconfident heading into this game. It is possible the speech from Alexander didn't help matters. In any case, they didn't look as though they were ready to match the Buckeyes' intensity. With strong and aggressive defense, the Buckeyes built a huge lead on a strength of a 16-0 run. After Trey Burke started the game with a three-pointer, the Wolverines found themselves down 16-3 shortly thereafter. Part of the product of the Buckeyes defense was a plethora of turnovers from Michigan. The Buckeyes harassed the Wolverines into 13 miscues, with nine coming in the first half. Coming into the game, Michigan was averaging just nine giveaways per game. Wolverines Should Have Played Zone From the Beginning The Buckeyes have only one dependable scorer in the half court, and that is Deshaun Thomas. Michigan starting the game in man-to-man coverage allowed Thomas to get off early, as they didn't have a defender who could contain him. He finished with 20 points, and the other Buckeyes who excelled offensively got most of their buckets in transition. No other Buckeye had double figures in the game. Aaron Craft and Sam Thompson each had nine points, but seven of Craft's points came in the first half. The Wolverines' eventual switch to a zone midway through the first half keyed the comeback, but the Buckeyes had already gained momentum. Heroes and Goats Heroes: Deshaun Thomas and Sam Thompson Thomas continues to prove he is a prime-time scorer and leader. He made several big shots en route to another impressive scoring performance. Thompson's energy on defense led to crowd-igniting slams and constant pressure on the ball. Goat: Trey Burke Burke's NBA draft stock took a hit in this game. He didn't display a ton of poise, struggling to get his team into the offense. He also didn't shoot well, as Craft's tenacious defense seem to bother him all game. This led to a few questionable shots. Burke finished with 15 points and four assists, but he only shot 4-of-13 from the field, and he committed four turnovers. He was not as good as his team needed him to be. Michigan showed a lot of heart in coming back, and it nearly won this game. However, the Wolverines showed that their inexperience can be their undoing. They were not prepared for the intensity this rivalry game brought, and the atmosphere consumed them early. They must grow up quickly if they plan on going deep into the NCAA tournament. The Buckeyes scored a huge win at home, but their lack of offensive options will hurt them against top teams. That will be a bigger factor when they aren't playing at home. That said, their tough defense will keep them in most any game. Follow Brian Mazique and Franchiseplay on YouTube and Twitter for reactions, analysis and news from the world of sports and sports video games. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson: What Went Wrong for Dodson? On Saturday night in the United Center in Chicago, the UFC flyweight championship was on the line as Demetrious Johnson defended against Ultimate Fighter winner John Dodson. The battle was fast-paced, as expected, although few would have guessed that Demetrious Johnson would be dropped three times in the opening frames of his first title defense. However, in Round 3, everything turned around for "The Magician, " and 15 minutes later, he saw Johnson have his arm raised as Bruce Buffer announced "Mighty Mouse" as the bout's winner. So what went wrong for John Dodson? Lack of Killer Instinct In Round 2, Dodson scored a four-punch combination that dropped Johnson hard. All signs pointed to a new champion; however, the challenger apparently couldn't smell the blood in the water. Instead of pressing the action and unleashing a flurry of strikes on his downed opponent, Dodson allowed Johnson to return to his feet and gave him a moment to recover. Later in the frame, he landed another big shot that sent Mighty Mouse down, and this time he charged forward. However, this opening wasn't as good as the previous one, and Johnson was quickly back to his feet. If the "what if's" in your life are going to haunt you in your senior years, there is no question that Dodson will always wonder what would have been if he had put his foot on the gas at a time that demanded it. Conditioning Not Enough for Five Rounds How many pitchers do you see take the mound and throw fastballs over and over again for nine full innings? The reason that John Dodson faded after Round 3 lies in the fact that he throws a lot of haymakers. The flyweight has never had cardio issues in previous bouts, but then again, this is the first time that heavy-handed speedster went into championship rounds. When Dodson couldn't keep his foot on the gas any longer, Johnson kept the pressure at a maximum and used superior technique to do a lot of damage up against the cage. Demetrious Johnson Has Too Much Heart Some may look at Johnson vs. Dodson as a flyweight version of Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard. The challenger has heavy hands and used them well in the early rounds. The champion recognizes the terrible situation that surrounds him and refuses to relinquish his belt. Anyone who witnessed Johnson's fight with Joseph Benavidez saw exactly what his determination can accomplish. Benavidez secured a deep guillotine choke that should have ended the fight; however, the pure will of Johnson gave him the strength to frantically wiggle free and save himself. That same determination saw Johnson test his own limits and drown Dodson in deep waters for the final rounds. In any event, this was a great performance for John Dodson. He represented The Ultimate Fighter well and gave reason for viewers to believe that the show can still deliver championship fighters. Unfortunately for The Magician, it was Johnson who proved himself the better man. With some quality performances in 2013 and a little bit of luck, he could find himself in title contention once again in early 2014. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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Washington Nationals: Are They Better Than the Atlanta Braves? Patrick McDermott Images The Washington Nationals were perceived as locks to win the National League East after another strong offseason. However, after the Atlanta Braves acquired Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks, there is now a debate as to which team is better. Yet, despite the Braves' big splash, the Nationals are still the superior team. Let's start by looking at each team's lineups. The Braves' top of the lineup will likely consist of Andrelton Simmons, Jason Heyward and Justin Upton. This group has a lot of potential and talent, but there will be questions about consistency. The Nationals on the other hand, have Denard Span, Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman leading things off. These guys have a lot of experience, but Werth and Zimmerman have been declining over the past two years. Span gives the Nationals a true leadoff hitter they've sorely needed. Freddie Freeman will be the cleanup hitter for the Braves, followed by B. J. Upton and Dan Uggla. The problem here is that Upton and Uggla are low-contact, high-strikeout hitters. However, with all of the opportunities they will get with men on base, expect the duo to have bounce-back seasons. The Nationals have Adam LaRoche, Bryce Harper and Ian Desmond at the four, five and six spots. Washington chose LaRoche over Michael Morse, and for good reason. In each of his last two full seasons, LaRoche has had 100 RBI and over 60 extra-base hits. Harper has the highest upside out of any National, and will look to follow a solid rookie year with an electric sophomore campaign. Desmond had his best season last year, but the Nationals have to be a little concerned about his injury problems. Who Will Win the NL East This Season? The seventh spot in each team's lineup is rather strong. Brian McCann is widely regarded as one of the best offensive catchers in baseball, even if he had a disappointing season in 2012. Danny Espinosa strikes out a lot and has a low average, but he steals bases and has excellent power for a middle infielder. Finally, the Braves have a below-average hitter in Juan Francisco batting before the pitcher, and the Nationals have a promising catcher in Wilson Ramos. Both lineups are amongst the best in the league. But while Atlanta is more of a streaky hitting team, the evolution of Harper will make the Nationals' lineup a threat to every pitcher they face. Additionally, both teams have elite bullpens. Craig Kimbrel is one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball and is more than a formidable option for the Braves in the ninth inning. Jonny Venters and Eric O'Flaherty took a step back last year, but with the addition of fireballer Jordan Walden, the Braves' top relievers will be able to have more rest throughout the season. The Nationals already had a late-inning combination of Drew Storen and Tyler Clippard before they signed Rafael Soriano. Now they boast three great right-handed relievers. The problem with the Nationals' bullpen is that they don't have an effective left-handed reliever, unless you want to count Zach Duke. The Braves, on the other hand, have a good mix of relievers that can handle any situation presented. However, the biggest advantage that either of these teams have on one another is the Nationals' starting pitching. Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez are already one of the top duos in the MLB; adding Dan Haren and Jordan Zimmermann to the mix gives Washington arguably the best starting rotation in the majors. The Braves have Tim Hudson as their ace. Hudson has injury concerns, but he's been a reliable pitcher over the past couple of seasons. Kris Medlen was a force for the Braves down the stretch last year; if the Braves have any chance of winning the NL East, they'll need Medlen to maintain a similar performance. The rest of the Braves' rotation includes Mike Minor, Paul Maholm and Julio Teheran. Those three certainly make the Braves' starting rotation weaker than the Nationals, even if Ross Detwiler is their fifth starter. The Nationals simply have more talent and depth. Even though the Braves have a better bullpen, I think that Davey Johnson will manage his pen better than Fredi Gonzalez. This division race will be close, but the Nationals will pull away in the last few weeks of September. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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Murph Settles, Avoids Hearing Daniel Murphy has settled to avoid an arbitration hearing. He will earn slightly less than the $2. 975 million midpoint of his asking price and the team's offer, a baseball source told. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited?
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