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IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz shook up his staff in the offseason because he believed back-to-back 4-4 finishes in the Big Ten simply weren't good enough.
Right now the Hawkeyes don't look like they can finish anywhere near .500 in the league.
Iowa's slow descent into mediocrity began just a few short weeks after Ferentz signed a 10-year contract extension ahead of the 2010 opener. It sped up on Saturday when Central Michigan scored nine points in the last 45 seconds for a 32-31 victory.
The Hawkeyes (2-2) on Saturday host Minnesota, which is off to a surprising 4-0 start.
Iowa doesn't just need the Floyd of Rosedale trophy back from the Gophers. The Hawkeyes need to reclaim the bronze pig and their confidence after one of the most stunning collapses in Ferentz's 14-year tenure.
"You have to get on your feet. Somehow, some way, you have to learn from what happened," Ferentz said. "We had a lot to discuss on Sunday. But once that's over, you have to move on."
The Chippewas scored a touchdown, missed a two-point conversion, recovered an onside kick and hit a 47-yard game-winning field goal in under a minute. But the Hawkeyes put themselves in position to be stunned with a litany of mistakes that good teams simply don't make.
Iowa committed at least four personal fouls — including a critical call on defensive lineman Joe Gaglione that put Central Michigan in line for the winning kick. The Hawkeyes also looked "frozen" on two onside kicks by the Chippewas, at least according to Ferentz, and they got their signals crossed on whether to go for a first down or kick the go-ahead field goal with just over eight minutes left.
Mike Meyer ultimately connected on the kick, a beautiful 46-yarder into a stiff wind that reaffirmed his status as one of the Big Ten's best special teams players. But that it came after such a stretch of confusion — at home, no less — speaks to how disjointed Iowa has looked this season.
Iowa made changes at nearly ever coaching spot under Ferentz, including both coordinators. But Ferentz staunchly defended his staff in the wake of last week's performance.
"I'm happy with our staff. But I'm not happy we're 2-2. Nobody is," Ferentz said.
Even if the Hawkeyes play cleaner football this weekend and beyond, they might still have trouble winning four or more games in the Big Ten after close wins against Northern Illinois and Northern Iowa.
Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg broke through with his first touchdown pass of the season against Central Michigan. But it remains the only one for the Hawkeyes' passing game this season, which is 94th nationally in yards per game and is one of just eight teams across the country with one or less TD.
Though Vandenberg hasn't played nearly as well as he did a year ago, Ferentz is standing behind his senior quarterback.
"I'm glad he's our quarterback. I'm glad he's our quarterback for the next eight games. He's a heck of a player and I think he's a heck of a young man," Ferentz said.
The good news for Iowa is that it has seemed to have found a No. 1 back it can lean on in converted fullback Mark Weisman, a walk-on sophomore who is playing behind a line that has been extremely effective in run blocking over the past two weeks. He has rushed for 330 yards and six of Iowa's eight total TDs in two starts.
Weisman is listed as the starter yet again this weekend. Sophomore Damon Bullock is questionable after suffering a head injury two weeks ago.
Iowa's defense put forth its first bad performance last week, allowing 23 points in the first half and then those unforgettable nine in the final minute. The Hawkeyes are hoping last weekend was more of an aberration than a trend for a defense that was more than good enough in the first three games.
But this is a critical week for the Hawkeyes. A win would give them a major boost heading into next week's bye. A loss would put Iowa below .500 — with three losses in four home games — and with the meat of their Big Ten schedule left to play.
"Any time coming off a loss, everybody's on high alert," Vandenberg said. "That's feeling's bad — especially letting one slip away (that was) so close in the final seconds makes it even worse. But the bottom line is, we didn't make enough plays and Big Ten play, it's only going to get tougher from here."


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Ga. – 10 teams have been
competing against each other in the 12u BCS Finals, which started on
Friday, June 29. The event, which features squads from as close as
Georgia as well as one as far away as Puerto Rico, is in its first
far the tournament could be described as a roaring success as it has
served a purpose in giving younger players a taste of what is to come
in their next five-six years of travel baseball.
just a great tool to get players seen in the upper level age groups,"
said 643 DP Cougars head coach Greg Brown of Perfect Game events,
"and it's nice to have it filtered down to the 12s. That way the
coaches and players can both be familiar with the format at a young
a former ballplayer at University of Tennessee-Knoxville as well as a
Philadelphia Phillies farmhand, said the tournament has been run very
well thus far.
always a Perfect Game representative at your field. I do like that,"
Brown said. "Any time there's a question, the umpires actually go
to a Perfect Game rep to clarify a ruling.
I love it that Perfect Game's name draws from around the country.
It's a great opportunity to play other teams that you don't
usually see during the year. In my opinion, outlets for good baseball
are always welcomed."
Cobb Rays head coach Mike Hostetler said he was pumped up when he
first caught wind of this new tournament.
were excited about the opportunity to be able to play here,
especially with it being in our home park," said Hostetler, who
played at Georgia Tech before going on to pitch in the Atlanta Braves
minor league system. "It's a chance to prove ourselves against
nationally-ranked, high-level competition."
from outside of Georgia have gotten something out of the tournament
as well.
so happy that Perfect Game's now getting a chance to see some of
the younger boys at 12u," said USC Knights head coach Roman Nunez,
a team from the Bronx, N.Y. "I think it's great that the players
get the exposure at a younger age. That way they learn how to
compete. The competition level's a lot higher than what they
normally see, and that's how their level of play goes up."
said he appreciates the opportunity to be able bring a team down to
Georgia to compete in this tournament because it allows the players
to interact with competition who they normally would not see in New
playing here and going back to the city, our guys will be a lot
better because the competition is that good here," Nunez said.
"We'll prepare to be a part of this tournament every year. Our
kids are now thinking about 13u, 14u and 15u."

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What kind of prospect is this guy?
He was drafted in the 43rd round in 2011 out of HS in Plano TX. He made his pro debut last season as an 18 year old in the Arizona league and in 17 games more than held his own, hitting 270/351/429 while playing mostly 2B and a little bit of SS. This season he is 19 years old and killing it in his first five games at Billings (412/500/471). He appears to have decent speed (8 steals and two triples in 22 career games) and a good approach at the plate (12 BBs : 12 Ks in 96 career PAs).
Obviously, 22 games is WAY too soon to get excited about a guy, but how does he measure up on the scouting scale and why was he drafted so late?


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The Department of Justice plans to tighten current laws regarding websites' terms of service conditions. That means if you press that "Agree" button on websites, you better mean it. Some say broadening the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could even make using a pseudonym on social media outlets a felony. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host host Laura Sullivan talks with Orin Kerr, a professor at George Washington University Law School, about how the government can strengthen the Internet's defenses against cyber warfare while keeping the law reasonable.
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Across the globe, fresh water supplies are shrinking. The population is multiplying and the world's paper consumption continues to grow.
With people using one-and-a-half times the resources than what the planet is able to replenish each year, environmentalist Annie Leonard said something has to give.
"We are facing some really big problems," she said during her lecture April 17. "The bottom line is that our current way of life is not sustainable."
Leonard, a writer and director, was the featured speaker of this year's Dempsey Lecture Series at Willamette University. During her speech, she talked about "The Story of Stuff," a 20-minute online movie that inspired an environmental movement after its release in 2007.
The movie — fact filled and illustrated with simple cartoons — attempts to show the relationship between the stuff in people's lives and the social, economic and environmental issues everyone faces.
For Leonard, the way to support sustainability is to embrace community activism.
"These problems are totally solvable. It's really important that we realize this," she said. "The most important thing we can do is to create a movement and convince others to become engaged citizens."
People know and care about the world's problems, Leonard said. But what gets in the way are what she terms "non-informational barriers." For example, if cities don't offer curbside recycling, people are less likely to recycle. And if there aren't enough drinking fountains on a school campus, students are more apt to buy bottled water.
"Working for a better future feeds my soul," Leonard said. "Change is not just possible, it's inevitable. We'll either change by design or change by disaster."
Her messages resonated with students Anelise Zimmer '16 and Jack Elton '17, who heard Leonard speak during an environmental and earth science class earlier in the day.
"I was really inspired," said Zimmer, an environmental science major and co-president of the Environmental Community Outreach Society. "It's really special and great that she came here and was available to talk to students."
Elton agrees, saying getting the chance to talk to Leonard is a key advantage to attending a small liberal arts university.
"In the U.S., we do so many destructive things to the world, and hearing Annie opened up my eyes to how we need to change," he said. "Getting the chance to meet someone like Annie was one of the reasons I chose to go to Willamette."
Leonard's lecture was sponsored by the Dempsey Foundation and coordinated by Willamette's Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences.


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|מאגר מידע » ציונות » Zionism General
|כותב המאמר: Moshe Reinfeld
The equal treatment of Jews and Arabs in dividing up Israeli land is not a "post-Zionist philosophy," Supreme Court President Aharon Barak said on Sunday. Nor does it spell "the end of Zionism," as critics of the High Court's recent decision claimed. Rather, Barak said, the equal treatment of citizens in the Jewish state is the very essence of "Zionism in the fullest sense of the word."
Barak spoke on Sunday at a meeting of the Tel Aviv University Board of Governors, where he was awarded an honorary degree.
Rejecting the appeal to overturn the court's ruling in favor of equality in dividing territory, Justice Barak pointed out that Zionism is not based on discrimination against Arabs. He called the court's original decision "the manifestation of Zionism, which seeks to establish in Israel a national home for the Jews, which allows for equal treatment of the citizens within its borders.
"Indeed, only a national homeland built on the foundations of equality and human dignity can stand the test of time; only a nation that treats all of its children equally can hope to be considered an enlightened, free nation; and only a nation that is founded on equality can live in peace."
Barak compared the ruling to the recent High Court decision not to shorten the sentence of Yoram Skolnik, convicted of the nationalist murder of an Arab.
"If an Arab who kills a Jew for nationalist reasons is deemed too dangerous to be released after serving two-thirds of his sentence, so too should a Jew who kills an Arab for similar reasons," he then decided.
Justice Barak emphasizes that "Zionism set out to establish a Jewish state, and it succeeded... There is no doubt that Israel is a Jewish state according to its tradition, symbols and holidays, its language and culture, and other indications that make it a Jewish state. But as an enlightened nation, it must recognize and relate to all of its citizens as equals, even if they belong to a non-Jewish minority."
In deciding to award an honorary degree to Justice Barak, the Tel Aviv University senate said of him: "He, more than anyone else, has made a formative impression on the Israeli justice system in past years."
The senate recalled Barak's years as attorney-general, when he helped define the criteria for appointing public officials, and acted as a central player in drafting the peace accords with Egypt.
"Justice Barak is a teacher of our generation, a teacher of the Law. He is a leader who with courage and strength designs our society's character," the senate said.
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Sony's STR-DG920 is a 7.1-channel AV receiver for home theater application. It is able to upscale video sources from standard definition media such as DVDs to 1080p resolution. All of the HDMI connections on this receiver are equipped with Active Intelligence technology, which provides a compact way to transmit several signals over a single cable. They are also compatible with Deep Color video and x.v. Color video as well as 1080p resolution. The audio capabilities of the STR-DG920 are ideal for Blu-Ray players, as it can decode uncompressed audio as well as digital audio like Dolby Labs and dts formats.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn – It is that time of year again - the Tennessee Tech volleyball team is reporting for their first season under new head coach Dave Zelenock. With 14 athletes reporting - three seniors, five juniors, two sophomores and four freshmen - the gym is about to get very noisy.
Report day Thursday was filled with meetings for the girls. They met with Mandy Thatcher, TTU Coordinator of Compliance, who discussed the importance of following NCAA rules as well as Tech's athletic code. Next were the team meeting and the staff introductions, followed by the receiving of equipment and physicals for the rookies.
Preseason will be broken down into three phases broken up by days off. The final day of preseason will feature the Purple and Gold Scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 24, which will be open to the public.
A typical preseason day will include a 7 a.m. breakfast call, followed by a two-and-a-half hour practice, ice baths, lunch, another two and a half hour practice, more ice baths, dinner, and a chalk talk to discuss the teams offensive and defensive systems.
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Student or Learner
I am wondering if I have used possessives correctly in the following sentences:
1. He has become capitalism's slave. (or should one write instead):
2. He has become a slave to capitalism.
3. He was nothing but a dictator's lackey. (or should one write):
4. He was nothing but a lackey to a dictator.


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The All-Stars do function as the anchors you fellas are talking about. Batman, Joker, & Deathstroke (not the best example) alternate around in the 16 cases. Superman & Martian Manhunter are in the 17 cases. Granted Wave 18 doesn't have All-Stars though. I think that's a weird decision, but Mattel did sell through those characters in the JLU line already.
I think 19 is going to be an awesome lineup that rights the ship. It is a themed wave - but so was 16 and none of us noticed themed waves til 17 was announced (I'm surprised Toy Guru hasn't tried to rub that in our faces).
One thing I would like though is to get some "a-list" variants. One Million Decos, alternate costumes, etc of the bigger heroes. Superman 1 Million, Zebra Batman, Hippolyta Wonder Woman, Hook Aquaman, WALLY frikken' West, Kyle in his original duds, Perez Zatanna, etc.


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|2004-04-08, 01:55
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Of course, I could be way off here. It could turn off to be dark and twisted enough to leave your mind warped for weeks. I would have never expected EVA or KgNE to turn out the way they did.
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|2004-04-08, 02:44
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I think there maybe a problem with the Aone version, I also experienced the choppiness. I checked the Video renderer speed and was getting ~17fps, anyone else run into this? And while the 140mb size doesn't look poor at all, there is some noticeable noise. I would say use 640x360 if sticking to the 140 size, otherwise bump up to 175 -- theres no point in skimping that much in an action series when you have a satellite raw.
|2004-04-08, 02:48
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|2004-04-08, 07:20
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After watching the episode 1 from both Aone&Onigiri and A-E&Keep, I have to say I like Aone&Onigiri a bit better. The quality seems okay even with the smaller file size, but more importantly I like their translation more than A-E&Keep's. I think the translation is more precise and the wording is better in many places, so it's more comfortable to read for me. Just my two cents.
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|2004-04-08, 15:14
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I personally think A-E&A-Keep's version had better TSing for both karoake and dialogue. Italic font and over use of effects in karaoke just isn't my thing.
As for encode size, 140 to 175 is not much of a difference. And I also noticed the choppiness in certain scenes as if frames were dropped, i honestly thought my computer was lagging for a second LOL, until other ppl reported the same problem.
I'm a big fan of all four groups. I have no doubt Aone/Onigiri did a good job, but A-E/Keep's konomini is better overall.
my 2 cents.
|2004-04-08, 15:42
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I know this is a biased statement, but I saw screen caps of Aone/Onigiri's dialogue font. IMO it was too thin, and the italic was a bit distracting. In Keep/A-E's version, we used a simple font... the simplist you can get lol. People mentioned that our Tsukihime font was a bit hard to read so we went with whats on the release for Konomini... a basic, easy to read font that leechers shouldn't complain about :P
|2004-04-08, 19:13
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i'm used to never judge a show from the first episode but i still have some thoughts though.To me this show can be as good as the best of Gainax (eva) or as bad as the worst of Gainax(mahoromatic).I think that it will be a good show because the characters are interesting and the story looks very promising of course everything can be ruined with too much fan service, characters who become annoying and a corny story but i doubt it knowing it's from Gainax,besides even if i don't think that Mahoromatic is great it 's still a good anime so i'm optimistic.I'm also under the impression that just like in Mahoromatic fights will not be very important in this anime.
|2004-04-08, 20:57
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I actually watched Mahoromatics long long long time ago. I thought it was disgustingly ecchi at scenes but other times it was actually funny, so what I did with that series was that I just skip all off the ecchi scenes and get to the funny part or the fight scenes.
As for Eva... it was unique, interesting and lots of people said it was their all time fav but when I did watch it, it was way too confusing to really impress me.
So far this new anime looks good, but well a lot of anime looks good in the first ep, it all depends on the rest.
|2004-04-09, 00:13
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Location: Loving a peaceful life in San Clemente, California.
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I thought this anime was so-so... very little was new and creative compared to other animes.
Other new anime out there were more entertaining in their first eps, like Midori no Hibi. Plus there's continuing animes like FMA and Mahoujin Guru Guru. The only reason I'll give it another chance is because Gainax has made some very creative and good animes in the past, like EVA and Nadia and FLCL. I wouldn't be surprised if this anime turned out to be only better than average, like the recent Puchi Puri and (IMO) Mahoromatic.
|2004-04-09, 00:30
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Rewrite of the Life
Honestly the Ending theme song RULES over the opening song. LOL
I think the design is very nice.
Not too much fanservice so that is GREAT
Pretty good story I mean it was episode 1 (KGNE was good at episode 2 and declined.. it did not get better)
Nice animation flow
The nude scene isn't anything out of the ordinary. It is more open in the japanese culture so it is nothing to be so surprised about.
I think that Takeru's other form is SO ugly man not cool. But maybe he will look cooler LOL.
|2004-04-09, 01:50
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|2004-04-09, 04:12
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Well, ep2 aired. Not subbed atm, I think. More of the same, but the plot seems to be going forward in ep3 as well. So at least it won't turn into a filler show, yet.
Spoiler for ep2; small ones, but still:
I haven't found the "point" of this show yet. It sure seems to be trying to say something. I'll keep following, for now.
|2004-04-09, 05:31
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Ah, a new series ! As a first time 'poster' I'm quite impressed of the hasty conlusions drawn from this 1st episode, leading into classic discussions about EVA being ecchi and stuff... Seems I'm not the only one (ahum) studying.
Based on this one ep, I think this one probably has the greatest potential of the newcomers. It leaves you with many questions unanswered.
Now,I hope they don't start wrapping hideous filler episodes around the solution of each tiny question, in order to stretch it widely and to keep us busy.
Cause I've had enough of those... Especially those with the oh-crap-we're-out-of-time! endings.
Hmm, I won't spill my guts before the fifth episode...
Then there is Gainax, those poor fellows, having to deal with nothing but high expectations since EVA... I liked FLCL (furikuri) a lot cause of it's originality (ok, it was weird, absurd,... but at least not ready to swallow like so many others).
So... let's all join hands and hope for the best.
|2004-04-09, 08:49
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As a sidenote i didn't really like EVA too much, there were just too many factors that ruined the show for me (Shinji, the hype it caused among fans or fanboys/girls in general, a whole lot of open questions in the tv-show among others) but then again the movies were really good and i like the fact that they were obviously created as a "slap-in-the-face" for fanboys/girls. Really, it's seldom to see so much destructive power in one single movie.
Another example would be Mahoromatic. While i liked the show in general (especially the first season) i have to say that the second season features the WORST ending in anime history. It was just so out of character,rushed,listless,senseless and dumb that even nowadays i feel insulted by it.
Now for FLCL i have to say, that this was one of the most creative and unorthodox shows for a long time, but the thing is that that the first three episodes were a whole lot better than the last three..i don't know, they just lacked a certain something the other episodes had..it's just a personal feeling
That's why i won't place any expectations into Gainax, but instead i will observe their shows with an open mind and hope for the best
|2004-04-09, 09:14
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I laways think FLCL and Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai are the top anime series from GAINAX, while EVA is just... good enough, but nowhere near the greatness of FLCL and AMS
Well, I also think Gunbuster and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water were quite great if we talk about their past works...
Anyway I love most of GAINAX's works, and have high expectations of them, but it's definitely not because of EVA.
|2004-04-09, 10:30
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STAWELL - A Stawell couple recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.
Errol and Dot Gready celebrated their 60th anniversary with family and friends.
Mrs Gready said the party was a complete surprise to the pair.
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"My daughter came up with her husband from Mount Isa and some of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren all the way from Queensland."
About 50 people attended the gathering at Mr and Mrs Gready's son's house near Lake Lonsdale.
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The White House says President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay) are consulting on a response to North Korea's test this week of a nuclear device at a remote underground site.
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North Korea's official news agency said the test was conducted to counter what it called "ferocious" U.S. hostility toward the regime.
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Well, this many not be a surprised to anybody who used to follow my blog regularly, but for the most part, this site has been quite dead for nearly a year now. Some wondered why the regular stream of posts stopped, myself included. The only reason I can propose is that I got so busy with working on web design projects that I became largely uninterested in playing around with my own web presence.
My main goal in starting cmoullas.net back in 2009 was to learn much more about web design. I remember the painful experience of messing with CSS styles and the awe that I had when consulting people that could write even just basic PHP code. A the time I could hardly ever read it. In that sense, cmoullas.net has been a huge success: I now work in a field where I work on SEO regularly and design sites on a daily basis. I pushed though and learned everything I needed to know to get into a field that I love.
Other aspects were not quite as successful, however. I also wanted to be able to share all the knowledge I accumulated about technology on a daily basis to be archived somewhere for everyone to be able to reference, myself included. I can easily say that I'm learning new things every single day but that never got reflected here for which I am sorry.
What prompted this re-launch was a couple of things. On one hand, I lost a fair amount of data including family pictures from when I was a kid, among other things. What became very apparent at the time is how fallible memory can be and the importance of writing things down. I intend on this being the place for that.
Secondly, I did feel that from a technological standpoint, not only had the site fallen well behind the times in just 2 and a half very shot years, but I was also losing touch with the latest and greatest web design technologies. Despite working on websites on a daily basis, there is always tremendous pressure to squeeze a project into far too little time. Not only does that mean that testing gets cut (for instance, cross-browser compatibility), but also that implementing the latest and greatest that HTML5 and CSS3 has to offer gets put on the backburner. It's certainly fastest to stick to what you already know!
I've really enjoyed being able to do with web design what originally attracted me to it, which is to be creative and innovative in my own right. I might not be doing something that's never been done before, but I'm doing things that I've never done before. And that's exciting.
In the past 2 or 3 years, I've also launched myself into the world of motorsport and cars which have both become a great hobby of mine. I find it unfortunate that I haven't been throwing down everything I learn about cars on a daily basis and helping others out with the knowledge I've acquired often the hard way. I'm going to do my best to backtrack on as much as I can and piece together as many cool things that I've come across in the time I've been gone.
So enough of the past, now to the brand spanking new cmoullas.net! I've learned a lot just in putting this page together and there will be some great web design articles forthcoming. The SEO (search-engine optimization) on this page is by far the best I've ever done on any site in the past, and the most recent standards are employed. I'm really motivated to furiously throw out content and so I strongly believe that this site will grow along with me. I whole-heartedly welcome everybody to come along for the ride and hope you enjoy it as much as I do!


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The state's newly expanded list of sites for a possible new Juneau office building includes new locations in the Mendenhall Valley along with downtown, as well as numerous sites in between.
The list of sites under review by consulting firm ECI/Hyer Inc., appears to have gone back to the drawing board on location, beginning with a list of as many technically possible sites as they could find, even if they'd previously been excluded from consideration.
The list of 25 sites released Monday also includes two locations that had previously been among the top contenders, above the existing State Office Building parking garage and the Vintage Park site in Mendenhall Valley.
The new site list, to be the topic of a public meeting tonight downtown, also looks at new sites between downtown and the valley, including multiple possible locations on Channel Drive, Salmon Creek, Lemon Creek and the Department of Transportation's Seven Mile complex.
Mayor Bruce Botelho said he'd prefer a new building be located in the downtown core area.
"My primary concern has been to see Juneau, to the extent possible, keep major functions of state government centrally located in the core downtown area," he said.
Government operates more efficiently, he said, when top officials, including commissioners, division directors and department heads are located in close proximity to each other, the Governor's Office and the legislators.
The building is intended to house state employees now working in three of the most substandard locations, with the largest amount coming from the Department of Labor & Workforce Development building near the foot of the Douglas Bridge.
Other employees will come from the Public Safety Building downtown and the Fish & Game Building in downtown Douglas.
The pending end of a lease drove the study of new locations for the Department of Labor Building, commonly known as the "Plywood Palace." A legislative appropriation of $2 million is funding the current analysis.
No final cost estimate, nor even a commitment from the Parnell administration to seek funding, has been made.
Last year an attempt to win legislative approval to lease the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority's subport property next to the U.S. Coast Guard station faltered in the Legislature, but the study funding was approved.
A bill sponsored by Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, to develop the subport property as a new office complex passed the House of Representatives but was bottled up and died in the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, said it wasn't a good deal for the state. That came after the owners of the "Plywood Palace" hired a lobbyist to fight the bill.
Botelho said the city will back any location in Juneau the state will support to strengthen the city's role as the state capital.
"Every Juneau location is preferred to every non-Juneau location," he said.
One site on the new list, at Auke Bay just past the University of Alaska Southeast's campus, is far from downtown, but Botelho said he had concerns about one of the closest sites as well.
On the list is Telephone Hill, just between the city's new parking structure and the State Office Building.
"For well over 50 years Telephone Hill has been identified as a preferred site for a new state capitol or new state legislative hall," Botelho said.
Plans for a new capitol have faltered before, but he expected the need to return, and said such a visible site would be better for a capitol than offices.
"I'd find it disappointing to see that site used for something less than its highest potential," he said.
Tearing down the current public safety building and Juneau Arts & Culture Center, given strong consideration before being eliminated from consideration in the last informal review, is back under consideration.
And one of the remaining finalists from the previous review, building on the site of the current SOB's parking garage, remains on the list. That might involve building atop the existing multi-level parking structure, or demolishing it and starting over.
Little information was provided by the state about several of the valley and Lemon Creek sites, but many of the sites on the list do not appear to have the land area available to meet stated state needs.


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ATHENS, Ohio — Students at Ohio University aren't happy about a proposed tuition hike.
More than 100 students, some toting signs, marched on the southeastern Ohio campus Tuesday to demand a tuition freeze like at other state schools.
The Columbus Dispatch reports there could be more protests on the Athens campus Friday when university trustees plan to vote on a proposal to hike undergraduate tuition by 1.6 percent. The proposal also includes a 3.5-percent increase in room rates and a 0.5-percent hike in board fees.
Besides a tuition freeze, protesters are demanding salary caps and cuts to top administrators' salaries.
The University of Toledo and Ohio State University have announced plans to freeze tuition to make college more affordable. Ohio University now charges in-state undergraduates $10,216 per year in tuition and fees.


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hey, this is a short film made by a mate of mine Allyn, it has been entered into the London Surf Film Festival (I know, what's a surf film festival doing in London, there's no waves there).
Anyhoo, check it out, it is very good and then hit like and/or share if you are into it. Allyn has made another, longer movie called Through the Whiskey Barrel which is pretty ace if you get the chance to see it, but check this out first folks


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Study needs Blood Type info
Oh how I wish that all of the health studies in the news would give the Blood Types of the participants. It could clarify so many things for me.
While we were on vacation, my Honorable Husband did a lot of reading, and he nearly flew into a panic when he read about a study that showed, "Frequent aspirin use may be associated with an increased risk of age-related macular degeneration."
HH takes one baby aspirin every day. His doctor told him to start doing this about 5 years ago. I have supported him because he is a thick blooded type A with early onset high blood pressure and a family history that includes heart disease.
But this new study has him terrified because of his cornea transplant. Has he saved his vision from one disaster only to go blind from aspirin?
As I read the magazine article, I wished for one paragraph, even one sentence, that gave the Blood Types of the participants. If it showed that mostly Type Os were getting macular degeneration after taking aspirin, that would make sense. But the article is silent.
Family history and Blood Type both put him at risk for heart disease. How do you choose between your heart and your eyes? I advised him to keep taking the aspirin for now.
I also suggested he ask his cornea specialist if there was any Blood Type data hidden deep in the details of the study.
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OTTAWA, Ill. — The Festival of Lights parade will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, in Ottawa.
Everyone is invited to celebrate the holiday season with the lighting of historic Washington Square Park in Ottawa.
The event will include a visit from Santa, the holiday parade, Victorian Christmas at the Mansion and festive decorations. Parade begins at 6 p.m. All events are weather permitting.


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Sheryl Lee Ralph is an actress and a singer. She's also a longtime HIV activist. On November 8, 2007, she delivered a moving and powerful talk to an audience of advocates and activists at a plenary luncheon on the HIV crisis in the African-American community at the 11th annual United States Conference on AIDS.
[Ms. Ralph sings]
I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I'm a woman. I'm an artist. I know where my voice belongs.
I am sorry. And I am saddened to tears that there are so many of you here, because I've been coming here a long time, and your numbers have increased year after year after year, which says to me, out loud and visibly, the word is not being heard. That what we have done in the past, what we have done before this moment, is not working!
I cannot stand here and rehash for you anything that I have said before, because I can tell you, as one who has taken the past two years to get out into America, parts of America that some of you don't even know exist, I can tell you from the front line, racism is alive. I can tell you from the front line, sexism is alive. I can tell you from the front line, homophobia is very real and alive. And I can tell you, what wraps them all up together in a great big bow is hatred. And until you are able to get real and deal with all of that, HIV and AIDS ain't goin' nowhere.
Why is it, with the rate of HIV infection in women of color -- pick a color, any color -- why is it that we don't have more money? Why is it we don't have more money to help these women of color? That's right. That's right. You go run tell that! That's right. You sit there and you get uncomfortable about that!
It is ugly out there. Sometimes, I think, why aren't folks getting the message? Well, because some folks, who hold the purse strings, don't speak the same language. They don't know them. They don't understand them. They don't get it. It's ugly. It's hard. But don't tell me that you are trying. Try harder. Try differently. But, God, do something different!
Don't come to another convention and go shopping. And don't let my good looks fool you. Don't come here and not meet somebody who doesn't look like you, speak like you, come from your community. Because as my good white girlfriend said to me, "I'm happy that black folks are finally speaking up, and getting the help they deserve and need, when it comes to this disease. Because you see, when I go to the clinic to get my meds," -- What's she going to say? -- "When I go to the clinic to get my meds, nobody's tracking me. Nobody from the government is asking me my information. No, nobody is collecting my numbers. Because I can afford not to be tracked." My good white girlfriend said to me, "And you know what? It's too bad, because black women are not alone. Your numbers are greater because they track you harder."
It's uncomfortable, people. It ain't pretty, people. She went on to say, "And the fact is that there are two white men who, if they were to expose their status today, would change the way we view this disease tomorrow."
Sexism, racism, hatred. It's alive and living. And until you get uncomfortable with it, until each and every one of you decides to do something real different and deal with it, HIV and AIDS ain't goin' nowhere.
I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I'm a woman. I'm an artist. I know where my voice belongs.


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Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo is enjoying his blossoming partnership with team-mate Edin Dzeko.
The duo have formed a potent alliance in the absence of Argentina international Sergio Aguero, who has been missing since mid-December with a calf injury.
Their fine form continued in City's 6-0 thrashing of West Ham in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final on Wednesday, with Dzeko scoring twice and Negredo going one better by netting a hat-trick. The result virtually ensures a final appearance at Wembley and the former Sevilla star was thrilled with the pair's contribution.
He told Sky Sports after the match: "People were able to see today, when we play together we feel comfortable. We try to find each other and we got the results.
"I'm very happy, obviously, but especially about the team. We got the victory so that's what matters in the end."
Dzeko was equally complimentary about the Spain international and was particularly impressed with Negredo's opener, a controlled volley from Yaya Toure's pinpoint pass.
"The first goal was also spectacular from Alvaro," the Bosnian enthused. "The first goal is always important, then maybe we can open them up because they were defending with eight, nine players always.
"We still have to play away and this result will give us the confidence for the second leg."


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Hicks said he can't believe his luck.
"It's still, I don't even believe it," said Hicks. "It's too good to be true right now. I don't know, I feel so good right now. I called my mom. She didn't even believe me, man."
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These researchers, also referred to as basic scientists, may spend their entire careers looking for solutions to specific problems and searching for new pieces of fundamental knowledge. Each new discovery, says Chair of Physiological Sciences Gerald J. Pepe, PhD, adds a critical piece to the puzzle of human understanding.
"If it doesn't first happen in the lab, it never gets to the patient," says Dr. Pepe, who has been an EVMS faculty member and biomedical researcher for more than 30 years. "Every piece of information used in clinical medicine stems from scientific inquiry. You have to know the letters of the alphabet before you can read, and basic science gives us the letters, the building blocks, upon which clinical studies can be based."
A Life of Questions
The field of basic scientific research is not for the faint of heart. From an educational standpoint, the training is arduous, requiring not only a PhD after graduate school but also an additional three to six years of post-doctoral training — the equivalent of a medical residency — in the scientist's chosen area of inquiry. In the early days of training, 60- to 70-hour work weeks are not unusual.
But despite its rigors, the profession also tends to inspire passion. As a reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Pepe has devoted his research life to fetal development and the role of estrogen in pregnancy. Even when he served as EVMS' Provost and Dean, Dr. Pepe devoted significant time every week to bench research. He says the key to success in the field is an innate love of learning.
"It is a wonderful thing to have a job where you can ask questions and then design a study to get some answers," says Dr. Pepe, whose work with baboons has been extensively published. "I wanted to know 'Why does delivery happen when it does? Why is it nine months? And when it isn't nine months, what has gone wrong?' What usually happens when we set out to answer these kinds of questions is that the answer we get is not the one we were expecting. And that may lead us down a whole new path."
EVMS Interim Chair of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology Julie A. Kerry, PhD, who chose to follow the research path at the age of 12, says the word "calling" is an apt description of her job. Not only was she fascinated by biological systems, but she was also attracted by the prospect of changing lives for the better.
"I specifically wanted to go into biomedical research because I had the idea that if a discovery of mine eventually led to a drug or a new approach to cure a disease, it would impact a large number of people versus medicine where you typically just treat one patient at a time," she says. "In a medical setting, most basic scientists are focused on the mechanisms that contribute to the onset of a specific disease process," says Associate Dean for Research William J. Wasilenko, PhD. Sometimes those reasons are personal, such as a family member who has the disease in question; sometimes they are more altruistic like Dr. Kerry's approach; and sometimes they are merely the product of burning curiosity.
Winding Path
Although a researcher's laboratory focus may be narrow — Dr. Kerry, for instance, has spent years studying the devastating effects of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection — it is rarely boring. Dr. Kerry says every new discovery also sparks new ideas, triggers new questions and broadens the possibilities for further study.
"My colleagues and I are always learning something new about the virus we are studying, and our results are constantly pushing us in different directions, using different tools and techniques," she says. "It is one of the coolest parts of my job."
The job can vary outside the lab, too. Like Dr. Kerry, Dr. Wasilenko and Dr. Pepe, many basic scientists are also passionate teachers, splitting their research time with time spent training a new generation of basic scientists and medical students interested in biomedical research.
Because individual research projects are often funded by grant money, either from entities like the National Institutes of Health or private companies, a scientist may also need to be a wordsmith, able to make a compelling case for the value of his or her work on grant applications and in research papers submitted for publication.
Critical Collaborations
However personal his or her individual motivations may be, a basic scientist does not work in a vacuum. Each laboratory breakthrough opens the door for translational medicine, the shifting of answers from the research bench to the patient's bedside — a process for which collaboration is critical.
Working closely with colleagues in clinical medicine and other disciplines, EVMS basic scientists have made significant strides in diagnoses and treatments of diabetes, cancer, virology and reproductive medicine, among others.
"The old image of a mad scientist confined in the lab alone is not the way biomedical research is conducted anymore," Dr. Wasilenko says. Instead, today's scientists work in multidisciplinary teams made up not only of students and other basic scientists, but also researchers at other universities and in other disciplines including medicine, engineering, physics and computer science.
When answers are found, it is also the job of a biomedical researcher to let the medical community know about them through publication and presentation. "That is why they call us professors, after all," Dr. Pepe says. "Part of our job is to profess what we have learned."
Depending on their area of study and their level of funding, a basic scientist may produce as few as one or as many as three or four papers a year. While the publication of one's findings in a respected professional journal involves intense peer scrutiny — Dr. Pepe says every one of his more than 150 published papers has been improved by the process — it is an important validation that can influence the ability to garner future research funding.
Those research dollars may, in turn, lead to new discoveries, new collaborations and new publications. And then the process begins again, spurring the local economy with the need for raw materials and the creation of new lab tech jobs and enhancing the reputation of the medical school.
But the ultimate beneficiaries of bench research are patients, whose lives are impacted daily by answers to questions first asked by a basic scientist.
"The rewards of being able to contribute to the greater body of knowledge so far outweigh the hard work," Dr. Pepe says. "You ask questions and meet people and put your heads together, and then suddenly you have a new drug, and you have contributed to that. 'Re-search,' after all, means to search again. The information is out there. We are just trying to uncover it."


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GOVERNMENT WASTE: I read in your paper every day how bad our economy is doing and how much trouble we are in. Can anybody tell me why we wasted so much money on an Inauguration ceremony for a president who is already in office? Don't tell me we can't save a lot of money there!
A PAT ON THE BACK: I'd like to congratulate the Patriots on their season. They went as far as they could've possibly gone.
No town given
UNPATRIOTIC: Roses are red, violets are blue, Belichick is terrible, Brady is too!
ISLAND AGGRAVATION: I drive River Street every single morning and at the end there is an island that needs to be moved! It aggravates everyone who has to pass by it.
SURE BET: I find it really funny now that with all these fantasy football and baseball leagues, nobody talks about illegal gambling anymore. Where are the cops?
DIVINE INTERVENTION: Is it Mayor Murphy or Father Murphy? He's always asking for "May God" to protect us, help us...if they want Him to run a meeting, why don't they invite Him?
Lowell DEATH NOTICE: Is it the City Council meeting or the obituary meeting? Every time they meet it involves the death of two or three people! We read enough about it in the paper.


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|2009-08-03, 10:21
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Location: Australia
Sorry there, i actually chose it quite randomly xD (a strong and a much weaker country; if i put US and a Middle East country for example, then it will sound too serious ^^)
I actually was thinking about the APEC incidence when that question sparked in my mind. I means there are always human errors now and then, and in an age where weapons are so devastating that a small event can spark WW3, there should be some ways to settle such and such problems where all sides can be happy about...
|2009-08-03, 12:39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: 28° 37', North ; 77° 13', East
Age: 27
I don't think there's a blanket policy as such that would work in that type of situation. It would really depend on the circumstances, and most importantly the country's foreign/defense policies. In fact, this type of thing has happened before, a good example would be Rajiv Gandhi, who was in fact the Prime Minister of India at the time, and was assasinated by a suicide bomber who was known to be from the LTTE - and ( which is really kind of sad ) not very much was done about it at all. Really, the subcontinent is a good place to start if you want to see how these things can ( its always handled rather poorly in the area in my opinion, for example, in this case, there should have been some very direct action taken) play out these days.
As to your second question, I would imagine so. If ( for whatever hypothetical reason) a tiny country lost a leader directly because any of the countries on say, the permanent security council, I highly doubt anything much would come of it.
|2009-08-04, 14:29
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Please call me "senpai":)
I read this too often and how many contents anime are happening after WW3, it is really scary. As if the manhood would wish for it.
|2009-08-04, 19:52
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God General
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hey I got a question
does coffee and tea really affect your height growth?
my dad keeps telling me to stop drinking that and wait till I'm 21 -.-
I'm freakin' 17 already dammit! -.-
|2009-08-05, 01:25
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Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 30
coffee, it depends if you are fully grown or not, I wouldn't give a 14 year old coffee not because of what you've said but because I wouldn't want them to caffeine rush, which isn't good yet since their brain is still developing and would most likely have more effect on that rather than your grow speed. I was always taught tea is for everyone, coffee is for grownups, though I don't like it anyway so I don't drink it
but a 17 year old enjoying a cup of coffee and not drinking 3-4 a day is not bad IMO, but then again I'm no doctor
|2009-08-05, 04:29
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God General
Graphic Designer
I knew it! -.-
he lets me drink alcohol but no coffee?
it's weird I hate it, I mean can I at least have the freedom to drink whatever I want
oh yeah thanks for answering
another EDIT:
another question
can anyone name me the title of the manga that's in the jump cover?
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|2009-08-05, 08:01
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
@Frailty: i don't think coffee will affect height grow, but it's not as healthy so most ppl recommend you not to...
It may indirectly affect height growth through (for example: coffee=>affect your biological clock=> uneasy sleep => affect height growth...)
Also, yeah the manga is Medaka Box
Btw, i have a weird fetish of liking completely overpowered characters (super bonus if it's a girl, a cute or cool one would be extra bonus as well)..... is there any moe type fit that type of fetish? xD
|2009-08-05, 13:49
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Join Date: May 2009
Komari's question: I've been seeing this little white thing around the Internet a lot. He/It's small, white, and looks a lot like Mashimaro, but he opens his eyes sometimes. There's various GIFs of him; one in particular that I'm looking for is one where he has a face and is giving a big thumbs-up.
It's the guy who's in this pic:
If you know him, please tell me his name!
|2009-08-05, 16:33
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Join Date: May 2009
|2009-08-06, 03:43
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 29
In terms of the caffeine thing its a total myth, as is not eating your fruits and vegetables. I've been drinking coffee since I was about 4, never really ate fruits or vegetables, got really hooked on coffee when I was about 14 and I still ended up 6'2".
As for the whole assassination thing, this isn't 1914 and nothing will ever happen like Franz Ferdinand again, it wouldn't cause WWIII because unlike in WWI there are no intertwining alliances like there used to be. Germany as a government would not be held responsible for his death any more than the police in NYC are responsible for a random murder.
|2009-08-06, 14:07
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I agree the coffee thing is a myth, I drank coffee alot as a kid and I grew to a reasonable height. But I'm not a good source since coffee, energy drinks, and tea all make me sleepy instead of hyper(if I drink to much earl grey I get shakey).
I have a question though, I've been wondering about this for some time but you know when like a dude sees a really cute girl in an anime and he gets a nose bleed? Why does that happen? Never in my entire life have I ever witnessed someone having a nose bleed from arousal.
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People also don't actually get storm clouds, lightning bolts, or auras of blackness but those are other visual clues anime uses to portray feelings Nosebleeds and sweatdrops are the same sort of visual cues.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Champaign Under The Stars
I'm sure a lot of Michigan fans will worry about the thought of the Wolverines playing in front of a crowd craving an upset that has had all day to imbibe, leading to a bigger than normal home field advantage.
But I'll take comfort in Michigan's strong performance in night games. Michigan has a 21-10 record in their history in night games. However, that includes a 2-6 record in bowl games that started after 6 p.m. local time. So that means the Wolverines are 19-4 in regular season night games, an .826 winning percentage. That's even more impressive when you consider these were all road games. And who knew that Lloyd Carr is 10-1 in regular season night games, with the only loss coming in Madison in 2005.
Michigan could play more games at night in 2007; the starting times for the Northwestern, Michigan State, and Wisconsin games have yet to be announced. Of course there will be no home night games in Ann Arbor again this year. But considering Michigan's stellar record under the stars, maybe there should be.
6 comments:
- Out of Conference said...
Climate differences indeed - only 31 games total under the lights!?! It's so hot down here until early Nov that it seems most of our homes games are under the lights until then.
- May 02, 2007 9:02 AM
- Mike said...
You guys don't know what you're missing not playing home night games. They're something special.
- May 02, 2007 2:14 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Unfortunately, It looks like U of M is piling up more Fulmer Cup points.
Two yet to be released named players were pulled over this weekend and the police found some drugs in the car.
- May 02, 2007 6:43 PM
- STE said...
I totally agree that we need to start playing home night games. In addition to the added atmosphere, we need to take advantage of the national stage. While most of our games are already nationally televised via ESPN or ABC, the Saturday night games are the most watched, and we need to be part of more of them.
USC is in 5(!) Saturday night games this season, and people will wonder why they will get so many top recruits again. I know there's more to recruiting, but the "free" advertisement of playing on Saturday nights is an aspect we are missing out on by not playing home night games.
- May 02, 2007 11:49 PM
- Christopher said...
As an Illinois fan, let me apologize in advance for how tOSU-like the crowd will be on October 20th. An entire day of drinking filled with flashbacks of the 2000 UM-UI night game in Champaign can only lead to bad things. I will be there and on my best behavior, but I'll be shocked if there aren't reported incidents that cast Illinois fans in a bad light.
Additionally, let me cast my vote with the Michigan crowd clamoring for night games in Ann Arbor. That would certainly make for a rockin' atmosphere at the Big House.
- May 03, 2007 2:22 AM
- Newspaper Hack said...
I just don't get the Big 10 obsession with early games. In the South we curse a game that doesn't have at leat a 7 p.m. start, and especially the poor fuckers who get the noon game (on regional Lincoln Financial telecasts) every week.
The 3:30 games are OK because they're nationally-televised on CBS, but that can still pose a problem with sunburns and the like.
- May 03, 2007 5:28 PM


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Spring is finally here! That means losing an hour of sleep, flowers blooming everywhere, and the end of the school year is right around the corner. It also means its time to start getting ready to hand over the leadership of your GSA to new students!
As the school year comes to an end, many GSA leaders start thinking about what will happen to the GSA club once they are gone. Whether you're a graduating senior or a sophomore, it is never too early to start planning how you will turn over your GSA to the next student leaders.
But how do you do it?
Should you pick the most active younger student and make them the next club president? Is your Vice-President automatically going to become the new leader of the club? What resources do you make sure they have? How can you share all the tricks you've learned running the club, whether it's which administrator to talk to about an event or how to deposit your GSA's money? How can your advisor help you in making sure the club continues to grow and stay strong?
Well we've got some answer and ideas for you!
Successfully passing on the leadership of your GSA can be broken down into three categories - Structure of Your GSA, Training, and Resources. The great thing about all of these suggestions is that not only will they help you get the next group of GSA leaders ready, it will also make your GSA much stronger now!
To help us look at each of these pieces to a successful change in your GSA leadership, we asked some current GSA leaders to share how they are planning to train the next group of leaders after them.
Structure of Your GSA
Getting other students ready to take over the GSA begins the minute you become leader of the club. With a bit of thinking and some easy changes, you can set your GSA up so that your GSA is working year-round to get other students ready to be the strongest leaders possible. Even if your GSA is brand new, you can still set it up so that you are building a group of younger students who are learning to be leaders.
Julie Dib, GSA President at Beaumont High in Riverside County, took over her GSA when the founder and president left in the middle of the school year. The previous president hadn't really planned for the next leader, so Julie was left without a lot of help. Julie explained how frustrating this was,
I had no clue what I was doing at first and I really wished I had had someone at my school to help me with the club in the early months. It didn't help that our president had not left any resources, or taught me how to plan the meetings or run the club.
The best way to avoid the situation Julie was in is to spread out the responsibilities of the club so that younger members can learn how to do things with your guidance and help. This also helps identify the students most passionate about the GSA and its mission to make your school safer for all students.
Another important thing is to communicate! Starla Schneider, GSA President at Granada Hills High in Los Angeles, shared that creating a club where everyone talks to each other, even when people are upset, is super important to having a strong club. Starla said,
We stress communication between all officers- when there's a club conflict we make sure the new officers know how we handle it, and if not, encourage them to help find a good solution. We also encourage our advisor to participate in the meetings, and encourage communications with the advisor- to ensure that even if we let some information slip through the cracks, the new officers have that safety net.
Some good ideas to start doing in your GSA:
- Rotate who facilitates your GSA meetings. This is a great way to build up the experience of students who are new to leadership and running a club. Invite other officers and regular members to run meetings. This not only helps them, but also strengthens your club as more people can help decide what the club is doing.
- Hold regular Officer Meetings. Meeting with your fellow officers regularly not only helps your GSA be stronger now, it also gives you a chance to show them how to run the club well. Some GSAs even invite non-officers to attend these meetings so they can see what it's like to be an officer.
- Elect the officers for the next school year in the spring semester. Many GSA clubs are starting to elect their new leadership in the middle of each school year, instead of the beginning of the year. The advantage of holding elections at the beginning of spring semester is that your new leaders can then be trained and mentored by your outgoing leaders. When the new school year starts in the fall, your new leaders are already trained and practiced at being leaders, so they can hit the ground running. Isaias Guzman, President of the GSA at Bell High in Los Angeles, shared how his GSA doesn't wait til the next year to turn over the leadership of the club. Isaias said, "We get the new officers ready to take over the club right after the elections are done."
- Have a Co-Officer System. Some GSAs have two people for each officer position. That way you not only get more people who can help lead your club and get its work done, you have more people who are learning to run a GSA. For example, instead of having just one President, try having two Co-Presidents. You can do the same for every officer position. This is a great idea, especially when at least one of the co-officers is a younger member. Starla shared her GSA's version of this - a "Shadow Council." She explained, "After being elected, the council members for next year form a "Shadow Council" and start taking over duties from the current council members, to ensure that they're well-prepared to be leaders next year."
- Make trainings required for all students who want to be officers. Some GSAs write in their constitutions the requirement that in order to run to be an officer the student has to have gotten specific trainings. In the spring semester, organize a GSA Training Day for your officers and other interested members where they can learn everything they need to know to run a strong GSA. GSA Network can help you plan this! Hunter Reardon, GSA President at Cabrillo High in Santa Barbara County, has made training something the new president has to do. Hunter shared what these requirements are, "I am training the new president to take over Cabrillo's GSA through establishing requirements like she must be present at least 75% of meetings during second semester and she must attend a GSA Network Leadership Summit."
No one is born a leader. We all need help and training to get there. Now that you've been running your GSA, you know how great it is when you've been able to get any help or guidance. Make sure to pass that help along for the leaders after you!
GSA Network is here to help each and every GSA member become the best possible leader they can. The best way to get your other officers trained is to have them attend a GSA Network training. We offer tons of ways to get trained, from our 1-day Leadership Summits held all over California (http://gsanetwork.org/events/trainings-and-summits [1]), to our annual conferences (Youth Empowerment Summit in San Francisco and Expression Not Suppression in Fresno - http://gsanetwork.org/events/conferences [2]), to our amazing overnight GSA Activist Camps held in NorCal and SoCal every summer (http://gsanetwork.org/events/activist-camps [3]). GSA Network can also do trainings throughout the school year for your GSA!
Isaias attended GSA Activist Camp in 2010 and learned how to run his GSA. Isaiassaid,
Activist Camp and GSA Leadership Summits are great ways to learn how to run a good GSA. The new leadership can get the help they need, learn from other GSA leaders like them and be able to take over when we leave.
GSA Network also runs Youth Councils (http://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/join-youth-council [4]) for GSA leaders in NorCal and SoCal, where GSA leaders can get advice on their GSA, learn how to organize great events, and how to make your school safer for LGBTQ students! Youth Councils meet every month and are made up of leaders from all over the region. Julie, Starla, Isaias and Hunter are all members of the SoCal Youth Council!
You can also organize your own GSA Training Day. Hunter is graduating this year so he is training the new president to get her ready to take over when he's gone. Hunter shared what he's doing,
I've given her specific responsibilities and events to be in charge of that will show her the level of responsibility she will have as president. I also am going to give her a one-on-one Cabrillo GSA leadership training with me in May.
Some important topics to train your GSA on:
- Facilitation. Running a meeting so that everyone participates and the GSA's work gets done can be a tricky thing to do, but with the right training anyone can become a good facilitator. For ideas on what to cover when teaching your GSA officers and members how to facilitate, check out our resource How to Facilitate a Meeting (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/building-your-gsa/how-facilitate-meeting [5])
- Days of Action. ADay of Action is a BIG event that is designed to make a visible impact on your school or community. Actions often take more preparation time and even more strategy than events. Common Days of Actions GSAs organize include the Day of Silence, Harvey Milk Day, the Transgender Day of Remembrance, LGBTQ Black History Month, and National Coming Out Day. For great resources on Days of Actions, check out our great resources (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/gsa-actions-events [6]).
- Campaigns. These are the long terms plans that will change your school. They usually involve changing your school's rules, student culture, and training your staff on how to be allies to LGBTQ youth. GSA Network can train your GSA on how to organize a campaign at your school (http://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/change-your-school [7]).
- How Your School Works. Help the officers that come after you learn how your school works and who decides what. Explain to them which offices on campus do what, introduce them to the staff members they'll need to know, and make sure they know the school rules on bringing outside visitors, fundraising, depositing money, holding events, posters, and announcements.
- Students' Legal Rights. GSA leaders have to know what laws out there protect LGBTQ students from harassment and discrimination. Make sure your new leaders know these laws and who they can go to for help. For an overview of these laws, check out our legal resources (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/legal-resources [8]).
- Planning Events. Whether it's Harvey Milk Day or a fundraiser, GSAs are constantly planning events. New leaders need to know how to successfully plan events. For ideas on how to plan great events, check out our resource (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/gsa-actions-events/planning-events [9]).
- Coalition Building. In order to make your school safer for LGBTQ students, you'll need to build alliances with other clubs, teachers, administrators and folks in your community. Knowing how to do this takes some thinking and practice. For some good tips on how to build coalitions, check out our resource (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/coalition-building [10]).
Resources are the tools that your GSA uses everyday to make your school safer for LGBTQ students! They are the guides that GSA Network has sent, the posters you've created, the agendas from your past meetings, and even the copies of your school's rules!
The best way to organize all the resources you've been using and that your new GSA leaders will need is to create a GSA Resource Binder that has all the information in it.
Hunter created a GSA Resource Binder when he first started his GSA. Hunter said,
I have a collection of all our GSA's documents (like the constitution), hundreds of pages of GSA Network's materials, and various other GSA-related information materials compiled in a 3-inch "Great Big Gay-Straight Alliance Binder."
Isaias's GSA also has a GSA Resource Binder that has helped the new leaders learn from the success and mistakes of previous leaders. Isaias shared,
"Our GSA has a GSA binder where we record all meetings and events that we do. We use this to make sure the new leadership has an idea of how things are done and what they need to do in the future. It has helped us avoid the mistakes the past leadership made doing events."
You can also make an electronic back up version of this using a flashdrive or storing everything on Google Docs. Some GSAs also make two GSA Resource Binders, one that the officers use and one that the Advisor keeps and updates.
Important things to include in your GSA Resource Binder:
- GSA Network's Resources: You can get these from our website (http://gsanetwork.org/resources [11]) or from our staff at a training, Summit, conference, Activist Camp or Youth Council.
- GSA Constitution
- GSA Mission Statement
- Past Meeting Agendas
- Ground Rules for your meetings
- Past Event Planning Sheets
- Past Flyers
- GSA Facebook & email account passwords
- All School Policies & Complaint Forms
- Old Officer Contact Info
- Officers' Statement: These are written summaries of how the year went for the GSA, written together by all of the officers. In the statement, the officers describe what the GSA did, what were its successes, what things could have been done better, and what projects they were working on. This is basically your chance to write down everything you wish you would have known before you started being an officer for your GSA. Overtime, these statements will record the history of your GSA for everyone to know.
Successfully passing the torch of leadership for your GSA will take some work and planning, but it's well worth it! Doing these simple steps throughout the school year, will help your GSA be strong and ready for the next leaders who will take it over. Remember that GSA Network is here to help!
For more ideas and tips, check out our Transitioning Leadership Resource Guide (http://gsanetwork.org/resources/building-your-gsa/transitioning-leadership [12] )
[1] https://gsanetwork.org/events/trainings-and-summits
[2] https://gsanetwork.org/events/conferences
[3] https://gsanetwork.org/events/activist-camps
[4] https://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/join-youth-council
[5] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/building-your-gsa/how-facilitate-meeting
[6] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/gsa-actions-events
[7] https://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/change-your-school
[8] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/legal-resources
[9] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/gsa-actions-events/planning-events
[10] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/coalition-building
[11] https://gsanetwork.org/resources
[12] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/building-your-gsa/transitioning-leadership


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But those worries were largely forgotten in the 26th minute when defender John McCombe bundled home from a corner.
Simon Grand should have levelled on the stroke of half-time, but Stuart Tomlinson produced a remarkable acrobatic save.
And the Shots were made to pay for that miss six minutes after the interval when an unmarked Richards headed home Robert Taylor's cross.
Anthony Charles missed a 65th-minute penalty to get the home side back into it after Tomlinson fouled Danny Hylton in the box.
They did reduce the arrears three minutes later when Aldershot frontman Peter Vincenti coolly slotted past Tomlinson, but they could not fashion an equaliser.
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Oct 23, 2012
ATLANTA, Ga.—Senior goalkeeper Sveinbo Grimsson has been named the Southern Athletic Association Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21, the league office announced today.
Grimsson played in goal for the duration of both of BSC's games this week, helping the Panthers shut out both opponents. On Friday, BSC tied with Berry, 0-0; Grimsson recorded eight saves in 110 minutes of play. On Sunday, the Panthers shut out Oglethorpe 3-0, and Grimsson had six saves in 90 minutes.
The Panther men's soccer team is in action this weekend in the regular season finale, facing Millsaps on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at BSC Soccer Park.