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It's still very funny. This whole business of calling it a "study" though is bad to begin with. A study requires some work. What this was at best was metrics, or "analysis."
Modern journalists really do have a sub-100 IQ, because their widespread publishing without question of this story proved it.
You are confusing "News Reporters" with "Journalist."
The latter profession is to inform and investigate.
The former is to entertain and engage.
Journalism has nearly always been a losing proposition for actually bringing in profits without some form of government subsidy (such as using private presses to print public documents, or requiring some journalism to be done by private concerns in order to rent parts of the e/m spectrum).
We happily are a capitalist society in a way our founders wanted (as long as you
Actually the BBC did quote a statistician who felt some numbers were "implausibly low". Though the implication here was that the IQ test they were using was seriously flawed. But they didn't take the next step of trying to figure out what was going on.
But that's journalism now days, reporting what other people say instead of trying to find the truth.
Well I think it was Cluley at Sophos, who simply said the numbers are an insult to IE users, but as you say the BBC then left it at that and didn't seem to wonder if maybe because they were an insult, they were actually made up and wrong.
I swear, Homer Simpson is right, you can find a study to prove anything. He conducted a study to prove that.
They results still look true to me, even if it was a hoax. Think about it. Many of you know IE users.
but 80 means functionally illiterate and basically unable to function in society.
You just described most of my coworkers. We use IE at work....
Yeah, I caught the NPR bit, and knew something was amiss when they quoted "Firefox" as the browser with the highest-IQ users instead of Opera.
Yay for reporting what people want to hear.
Opera's market share is pretty small, but it's still larger than the bit of the bell curve with an average of 120.
{Citation needed}
I think you misuse or misunderstand averages. You don't need the majority of people to be at the stated level to make an average, a few outliers can drag the average way up for you.
For 120 average, you can have 5 120s, yes, or you can have 4 100s and a 200. Practicality and the Bell curve lean more towards the former, but the latter is possible (though unlikely).
The study said that the average IQ for IE users was 80. If they'd said 95, then it might have been plausible, but 80 means functionally illiterate and basically unable to function in society.
According to the Wikipedia page on Intelligence quotient, modern IQ tests define the median result of a standard sample as 100 points, with a standard deviation of 15 points. 95 percent of the population have scores that fall within two standard deviations of the mean, meaning they fall between 70 and 130 points.
The bel
Well, studies that are not perfect can still show a general trend even if the values are not exactly correct, and in this case I think it was common knowledge for a while now.
They results still look true to me, even if it was a hoax. Think about it. Many of you know IE users.
This is how you do a hoax... you provide results that "everybody already knows", such that it will confirm what people want to believe.
Though in this case it might well be true.
"The conclusion of the hoax coincides with my ideology, so I choose to believe it anyway."
The funny part is, IE was once the best browser, for the Mac. IE 3.x was faster and far more stable than Netscape 4.x on the Mac. I don't think it was ever the best on Windows.
The major issues with IE are: security, javascript speed (excluding IE 9), non-compliant rendering, and that everything wants to install a new IE toolbar and/or activeX control. Therefore, I reserve IE for use exclusively with Windows Update. Even though MS has some IE only features on their web site, I refuse to use IE when visiting
Be careful, you are invoking Truthiness [wikipedia.org]!
Browser choice has a lot more to do with a combination of personal preference, tech savvy.
As much as some here might like to believe it, tech savviness (or lack thereof) is not a reliable indicator of intelligence level.
As much as some here might like to believe it, tech savviness (or lack thereof) is not a reliable indicator of intelligence level.
No, it isn't. And when I am dealing with end users who prefix questions with "this is going to sound stupid", my standard response is "no it won't, and I'd lay odds there's at least one subject you know a lot more about than I do." A lot of techie types do fall under the delusion that you're automatically an idiot if you don't know about computers, but as you say it's mainly a question of experience.
There is, however, a line to be drawn. I think my uncle is an idiot, based mainly on his lack of tech savvy,
Some people, you can help. Some don't want to be helped.
That's the crux of the matter. A lot of people just want an audience for their hatred/fear of technology, and really don't want you to solve their problems.
Average IQ of 80? I doubt that. That implies a lot of those people wouldn't be able to use a computer and yet were able to browse the web and voluntarily offer to take an online IQ test. Even if the study had been legitimate it would have been an extremely badly done study, bad IQ test, bad statistics, bad analysis, etc.
AptiQuant CEO: "Shit we've offended all the IE users and there's uncountable legions of those bottom feeders. You, minion! Spin something!".
No one has yet mentioned the "post the hoax and earn revenue then post the retraction and earn more revenue" angle.
Well that sucks. I swear my intelligence increased the instant I switched to IE with Chrome Frame and Camino. Damn placebo effect.
See? You're getting smarter already.
So someone could have been a real journalist last week with a small amount of Google skills. Got it.
Journalism is dead. Long live infotainment, and being a partisan hack.
It does indeed speak volumes that you believed it. It also speaks volumes that you still seem to. But it doesn't say what you think (that IE users must be stupid). What it says is that people always tend to think that they're smarter than average. It also says that people will accept without question any evidence that makes them feel superior. And it says people will continue to insist on their superiority even after that "evidence" has been debunked.
It seems like a lot of work to be a fake. To give peoples browser preferences and their average intelligence doesn't really prove anything useful. As the only thing I could think of would be to poke fun at Microsoft and say Yes you have the higher market share but you got the market share of idiots. It is not like if you switch browsers you will become smarter.
I am actually planning on doing this, though at the user's choice rather than automatic. We've seen the "I didn't read the article" / Teal Deer effect for so long, that no one page fits anymore, if it ever really did.
Instead, depending on the type of method I decide upon, there would be "easy" "medium" and "advanced" levels of the same pages, so the folks who want the sound bites can get those, and the gang who wants to discuss the limitations of null bits in C can get the other level of detail.
My basic ins
Well played, whoever did this. Sure, a lot of
I just wonder why, though? Was it as simple as trolling the internet, or was there some other purpose to it? Can anyone think of a legitimate reason for this, other than a cheap laugh?
Whoever it was, they put a lot of work into it. If you visit there webpage [aptiquant.com], you can see "articles", contact info (all generic email addresses. Telling, but not proof in any way) and bios for the personal working there (all faked, apparently). It would be difficult on first blush to tell that it was a fake. Even the name is well chosen (Aptitude Quantification). Maybe it was some kind of college psychology project? A masters thesis, even. Enough work went into it that I suspect there was something beyond "fo
Exactly, a lot of work for what people are dismissing as a cheap laugh. Maybe they were just being thorough, but I suspect that they put the effort in for a reason.
"I just wonder why, though?"
Maybe all the inbound links from news websites would increase the page rank for the [2 week old] aptiquant.com page, then the link to the [5 week old] atcheap.com site at the bottom of the page would transfer some of that PR over.
I suspect you might be on to something there, that certainly does seem to be a very out of place link (to the point where it took me a while to find it, knowing that it was there).
Hoax creator explains why here [aptiquant.com].
I wondered about that study when I saw it the first time. But then it started to make sense. My former workplace still uses XP/IE6. I knew I felt dumber every time I walked into that building. My new job lets me run Firefox and I certainly feel a lot smarter here than I did at my old job.
Great, another thread where we can pass off computer experience as general intelligence.
...even if the study itself didn't, or was faked.
According to the BBC article [bbc.co.uk], "IE supporters, who have threatened AptiQuant with legal action."
Right. Threatening the authors of a study with legal action, rather than pointing out flaws in the study, or doing a better study, or doing research into the possible reasons why the link might have existed, really makes it clear that those IE supporters are complete morons, who have no clue what research actually is, or how it works.
People showing off their stupidi
A good reason to keep the link and article up--- for sending to IE users!
Let's say I invented a browser today. Where would I put it? Github. Who's on Github? Geeks. They're smarter.
If the browser were good, it would expand out through the social network with geeks at the root. The early adopters would continue to be smart people, until the circle started to expand to their dumb friends.
Who uses IE? A very broad spectrum of people.
I wager that regardless of the quality of the browser, the less popular it is the smarter the users are.
The point of online IQ tests, it seems to me, is to determine if you're smart enough not to waste your time on a stupid online IQ test.
"You gotta not play to win!"
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sfcrazy writes: According to the new trademark policy, Debian logos and marks may now be used freely for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Stefano Zacchiroli, current Debian Project Leader and one of the main promoters of the new trademark policy, said "Software freedoms and trademarks are a difficult match. We all want to see well-known project names used to promote free software, but we cannot risk they will be abused to trick users into downloading proprietary spyware. With the help of SPI and SFLC, we have struck a good balance in our new trademark policy. Among other positive things, it allows all sorts of commercial use; we only recommend clearly informing customers about how much of the sale price will be donated to Debian."

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Well, this is embarrassing. Republicans have made so many attempts to repeal "Obamacare" that the scorekeepers have lost count.
"Republicans," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "voted to repeal it 40 times."
"Their 38th vote to repeal," Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, tallied Wednesday on the House floor.
"Thirty-nine times," declared New York Rep. Louise Slaughter, the ranking Democrat on the Rules Committee.
"The House has tried nearly 40 times," the White House asserted.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, wasn't sure. The chairman of the Ways and Means Committee's health subcommittee referred to criticism that "Republicans are trying for the 38th or 39th time to repeal Obamacare." Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon observed that "my good friend, the chairman, couldn't even reference exactly how many times they've tried to repeal it."
But let's not pick on Brady. All the tallies fall well short of the actual number of times Congress has voted to repeal all or part of Obamacare. It has done that — are you sitting down? — 67 times.
According to Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post's fact checker, there were 37 votes to scale back Obamacare before two votes Wednesday in the House. But those 39 don't include the Senate, where Reid's office has documented 28 votes, all but a couple in the form of Republican amendments. This might explain the new findings that Congress is holding more votes than ever but passing fewer bills.
The 66th and 67th attempts went much like the previous 65, except for a mid-debate recess so that lawmakers could have their official photograph taken on the House floor.
"This bill is unraveling before us," exulted Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, reported that "the train is not coming off the rails; it's already off the rails."
On the Democratic side, Rep. John Dingell of Michigan responded by saying, "Einstein observed that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again with the full expectation that the results are going to be different." Actually, the quote is probably apocryphal — but Einstein didn't live to see the 113th Congress.
The proposals on the floor Wednesday were relatively mild: One codified the delay in the law's employer mandate already announced by the Obama administration, and one extended the delay to the individual mandate. And Republicans weren't entirely logical or consistent in advancing these proposals. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused the Obama administration of ushering in "socialism," while Brady argued the contradictory position that the White House is "just listening to the voices of business" and ignoring "Joe Six-pack."
But Republican lawmakers were clear about one thing: The tally of attempts will continue to rise.
"Postponing the two mandates are only the latest steps to repeal Obamacare," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida said on the floor.
Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana explained that "each day this law is delayed gives us more time to seek its total repeal." The overkill isn't irrational. As the Washington Post's Sarah Kliff noted, research shows that people resist regulations more vigorously if they think the requirements will eventually be repealed. "If it's 37, 38, 39, I don't care," Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., said this week. "If we do it 100 times, sooner or later we'll get it right."


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NEW YORK — The Knicks believe a new home will help Andrea Bargnani regain his old form.
NEW YORK — The Knicks believe a new home will help Andrea Bargnani regain his old form.
The Knicks acquired the former No. 1 overall pick from Toronto, hoping he can rally from a poor 2012-13 season and help them remain among the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
Bargnani battled an elbow injury last season and his scoring average dropped to just 12.7 points in 35 games in what was his worst season since his second year in the league. But the Knicks sent three players and three draft picks to the Raptors, counting on Bargnani's outside shooting and hoping for improvement in his rebounding and defense.
"I think the opportunity here of a fresh start in New York — and he's very excited about that opportunity — will lend to him getting back on track to being the player that we all hoped he would be," Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald said Thursday.
Bargnani was the top pick in 2006 and just three seasons ago averaged a career-best 21.4 points. But the Raptors made the playoffs only once since drafting him and were eager to rid themselves of the two years and about $22.2 million remaining on his contract.
The 7-footer from Rome shot less than 40 percent last season and his 3-point shooting has hovered around 30 percent for the last two years. He said that's because of his injuries, including a sprained right elbow last season.
"Last years were tough for me because I had so many injuries," Bargnani said. "I wasn't really able to play continuously during the season and that really affects your rhythm and your shape.
"I missed like more than half of the season, so it was definitely a huge factor in my last year's season. It wasn't a major injury, but it was very tricky and it forced me to stay sidelined for many games. So it was really bad."
He said he is healthy now and will play this summer for Italy in the European championships.
The Knicks also announced the re-signing of J.R. Smith, the Sixth Man of the Year last season. They previously re-signed guard Pablo Prigioni but are losing Chris Copeland, who accepted an offer from Indiana that they couldn't match.
That leaves them with plenty of work to do to avoid falling back after a 54-win season in 2012-13 and their first Atlantic Division title since 1994. Grunwald said they have only 10 players under contract and are hoping to bring in a third point guard and some depth in the front court.
Kenyon Martin is being considered for the latter after playing well for the Knicks after joining them late last season.
"We're evaluating our options in that regard and certainly Kenyon is getting our full consideration as we look at all the options we have," Grunwald said.


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Skip to comments.Lefty Blogger on American Military Hero: "I Spit on Him"
Posted on 11/02/2007 2:49:14 PM PDT by Son Of The Godfather
How does extreme BDS manifest itself?
It causes the ignorant to spit on a hero.
Discovered through The Jawa Report
The blogger threatens: "KayInMaine warned: "If you are a vile reich wing troll or you act like a complete asshole while in the backseat of the WNI limo, Kay will expose your email address and/or IP address for public viewing at my discretion. Kay will not put up with your crap any longer. If you don't like this rule, then don't drop by here. Get it?"
Yes, quite scary!
Ah yes, the "using atomic weapons against Japan was a war crime" crowd.
How I wish each and every one with that viewpoint could experience some time at the hands of WW II Japanese soldiers. KayInMaine most likely would have been brutally raped, and then killed with a sword and dumped in a mass grave. What a buffoon.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were fully justified, and no more 'brutal' or 'cruel' than hundreds of other incidents in WW II. Dropping those bombs saved countless lives on both sides. And yes, Paul Tibbetts was one of many heroes who helped end the war.
Just as bad are those who advocate nuclear disarmament today, apparently not realizing that nuclear weapons have saved millions of lives since WW II by making world war to horrible to contemplate.
Regardless, the genie can't be put back into the bottle, and it would be horribly irresponsible to assume that no nation or group would secretly create nuclear weapons after we have disarmed. Nuclear weapons are an absolutely vital deterrent in our arsenal.
I would love to empty a spitoon over her head.
Also the reference to the nazis also make me laugh.
Doesn't she realise nazis are on her side?
They hate Israel/Jews and Bush just as much as she does - they have far more in common with each other than Bush and the Nazis.
Yes, some of the comments over there are real gems... and "Kay" simply doesn't get it.
It's important to shine a light on these cockroaches.
Three things we must remember:
1) They breed;
2) They vote;
3) Their views reflect the majority of the American people.
I feel unclean and will forthwith take a shower to clean off the bile that was spewed. For heaven's sake, that chit needs a jihadi head cleaner...preferably even with the shoulders.
She's a bloomin idiot and from someone who knew him. Paul Tibbets was a hero and a good man. He was our base commander at MacDill AFB.
Living with the fact you killed about 100,000 men in a second was not easy. But being known as "The Man who won the war" and keeping countless millions from dying made up for it.
1) They breed;
Not necessarily ... their kind tend to abort their offspring.
One Brain-scrubber Deluxe, on its way! :)
It is an honor to have someone who has known a true hero to post... Thank you!
I guess being an Air Force brat got me things a lot of other kids didn't. Fact is we lived next door to Paul. May he Rest in Peace.
Barely. Sure most Dem voters have "families", but the raging moonbats, like the specimen mentioned above usually are child-killers or homosexuals with "alternative lifestyles".
2) They vote;
3) Their views reflect the majority of the American people.
Absolutely not. Not everyone voting Dem is a raging moonbat who wants to spit on American soldiers. Most D voters are just stupid and not necessairily evil.
2006 Elections - 33,134,651 (54%) voted Left.
House (D) 233 (D) 202
Senate (D) 51 (49+2 I's) (R) 49
The majority of Americans elected the government they want.
watch out though, she may publish your IP address and e-mail if you hurt her feelings!
Proxy servers and dummy e-mail addresses make that an empty threat.
I spit on all pacifists and their laughable pretense of morality. Their sole purpose is to assist totalitarians and gratify their own childish impulse to provoke, injure, and denigrate. Millions have died, and millions more have been enslaved, because of their foolish sabotage and treason.
I literally do not believe in the sincerity of any pacifist. They are ALL liars, frauds, and fools. In a thousand years, the people of what I hope will be a more enlightened age will look back and wonder how anyone could have been so dishonest, or so arrogant.
That woman (Kay) is utterly vile. I cannot accurately describe my feelings towaard her without sounding like a babbling fool.
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Making an employee miserable is a great way to force you to quit. Doing a lousy job is a great way to force a boss to fire you.
This looks, feels, and smells like a Herman Edwards "I want out I won't let you go" situation. We've been here before. Ryan is seemingly begging to be fired, Johnson is seemingly treating him like crap so he quits.
from July 30th, 2010
New York Jets extend Rex Ryan's contract through 2014
What is revisionist history is forgetting all of that, and re-focusing back on Rex.
It is interesting you bring up the injury card. This year's Jets team was much worse, yet, nobody wants to even touch that factor...
To get rid of Rex and Sanchez with their guaranteed money is about $14 Mil
That's too much to swallow
New York Jets extend Mike Tannenbaum's contract through 2014
Your point?
wrong link above - should have been the link below
New York Jets extend Rex Ryan's contract through 2014
To get rid of Rex and Sanchez with their guaranteed money is about $14 Mil
That's too much to swallow
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Now you've done it. Now I've got to dig up all your Rah Rah Herm posts from January 2006 where in no way, shape, or form did you call your beloved leader, Herman Edwards "dysfunctional" or "clueless".
This is going to be gooooooood. You're going to wish you took that 1 year ban for the 12 game promise.
Maybe after the recent leaks and distorted facts Woody feels like starving the blood-thirsty NY media.
Maybe they're burned out, emotionally drained.
You make it sound like Woody and Rex have something to celebrate after tanking the last 3 and finishing 6-10.
Chill out.
I'm sure Woody doesn't want a Yes Man as GM or HC. He'd want someone who will give him an honest and impartial assessment. If Woody says to the GM "Hey, Let's Sign Bret Favre", any good GM or HC would tell him the pros and cons ... especially the cons ... and advise Woody on the best decision for the team. Frankly, I wouldn't hire a GM or HC who is too timid to tell me the truth or stop me from making a mistake.
After all, that's why Ryan had him active as the only backup QB for most of the season. In "Ribgate 2: The Sequel", Rex explained that he had Tebow active instead of McElroy because Tebow knew the plays and had the reps that week, while McElroy had not. Rex said that Tebow would have played the "traditional offense".


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Pac-12 Conference coordinator of officials Ed Rush says he was just trying to "lighten the mood" in a tense locker room when he "jokingly" made offers of $5,000 or a trip to Mexico for any referee who disciplined Arizona coach Sean Miller during the league tournament.
In his first interview since reports surfaced of the incident that forced his resignation, Rush told The Associated Press on Thursday night that the comments were "absolutely, 100 percent said in jest." He believes the remarks were leaked out by officials who were unhappy with his overall handling of the Pac-12 program and wanted to tarnish his reputation.
Rush said his remarks were part of an overall "point of emphasis" to crack down on coach misconduct on the sideline after Arizona's 79-69 win over Colorado in the Pac-12 quarterfinal March 14. In the course of that meeting, Rush said he called out officials who worked the game — Michael Greenstein, Tony Padilla and Brett Nansel— for not disciplining either Miller or Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle for their behavior.
Officials who were working the California-Utah game next — Verne Harris, Deron White and Dave Hall — also were in the locker room getting ready.
"I said, 'The game cried out for a bench warning. It would have been very simple to take care of that. It cried out for bench warnings,'" Rush said in a phone interview with the AP. "Another crew was waiting in there, getting ready for the next game. I would say there was a level of tension in the locker room, just because the disappointment that they worked this game, but they didn't take care of something that was a point of emphasis.
"So in an effort just to lighten the mood, I said to them, 'Hey, guys. What's it going to take? Do you think we could give you a trip to Cancun or maybe $5,000? Or who wants what? And now they're all laughing, which is basically what I wanted to do. So I said, 'I know you guys, you probably want $5,000, you want the money, you won't take the trip to Cancun. So I'm going around, 'What would you take?' At that point, I said, 'By the way, you know my wife's not going to go for this. I'm going to have to pull this off the table.' They all laughed, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, bud.' That was it, and I walked out."
An investigation done by the conference's head of enforcement, Ron Barker, found that every official interviewed confirmed "nobody thought they were getting a reward," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. But Rush couldn't survive the swarm of public criticism this week once the comments became public in a CBSSports.com report.
The 70-year-old Rush, a longtime NBA referee and the league's former director of officiating, had been a consultant to the Pac-12 since 2007 before becoming conference coordinator of officials last May. He said he offered his resignation to Scott by phone Thursday afternoon once it became clear it was going to be "difficult to rebuild trust" of coaches, players and the public.
ESPN.com, citing anonymous sources, reported some officials did not believe Rush was joking in his locker room comments and accused him of being a bully. In response, Rush told the AP some officials were unhappy with his changes in the program, especially when he told veterans that assignments for the league tournament would be based on merit from throughout the season instead of seniority.
"That's kind of interesting — anonymous. That's weak," Rush said. "If I'm sitting in that room, and my supervisor said that and I thought he was serious, I think I would face him man to man and ask him, 'I need to talk to you. Did you really mean that?'
"If you think about the logic of how absurd that is, do you really think I would give somebody a trip to Cancun or $5,000? I don't spend money that way," Rush said. "There's nobody who has more respect for the game than I do. If I offered $50, I should have been fired on the spot, if I was serious."
What transpired in the Pac-12 semifinals, Rush said, added to the public perception of wrongdoing.
Officials whistled Miller for a technical foul during Arizona's game against UCLA for arguing a late double-dribble call against Wildcats guard Mark Lyons. Arizona lost 66-64.
Miller went on a memorable postgame rant about the technical foul, waving his arms while repeating "he touched the ball" five times in a row. Miller was later hit with a $25,000 fine from the Pac-12 for what the conference said was confronting an official on the floor and acting inappropriately toward a staff member in the hallway.
Scott had said Arizona officials alerted him to Rush's remarks the night of March 17, a day after the league tournament. He said he launched an investigation into the matter the next day, and he concluded that it was not a "fire-able offense," just a bad joke that has stained the Pac-12's official program.
"Although u never want someone to lose their job, this is a good step for the Pac-12 in restoring confidence in the bball officiating program," Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne wrote on Twitter following Rush's resignation.
Scott thanked Rush in a statement for his contributions to the Pac-12 program. In an interview with the AP on Wednesday, Scott defended Rush and noted he carried out many of the items the Pac-12 hired him to do: allow more physical play, put a heavier emphasis on training and accountability, and replace officials whose performance was deemed unsatisfactory.
Both Scott and Rush believe, at least in part, the procedures Rush put in place might have contributed to the leak. Even still, Rush regretted making the comments.
"That was wrong place, wrong time, wrong audience," Rush said. "See, where I come from, in the NBA, there's a code that you definitely follow. You never, ever take the conversations in that locker room outside. I learned that code in 1966. Mendy Rudolph taught me that. You talk to the NBA officials, they all follow the code.
"There's a few guys (in the Pac-12) who didn't follow that code. They missed that part, and that's a shame. That's a very important part of the bond and the profession. Shame on me for not knowing that, but I used poor judgment. So that's my regret. Other than that, we got after it. We spent a lot of time. We definitely made some inroads in the right direction."
The conference's search for a new lead official will be part of its previously scheduled annual review at the end of the month in Phoenix. Rush said he plans to continue working in the NBA Development League in training officials.
"I'm not retiring," Rush said. "You reach the point where you really want to feel like there's significance to your work. It's not the money or the position or the prestige. You have to get up in the morning and know that what you're doing has meaning."
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Jake and his toddler friends love to go to gymnastics class! They roll, tumble, stretch and bend.
The kids shown in Rachel Isadora's illustrations are so darn sweet and their sense of joy and accomplishment is clear.
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Unusual shapes, interesting materials, and innovative techniques add dimension and originality to jewelry designs. Part of being a designer is that your repertoire keeps expanding with new things. First is Kerry Bogert with an angular design wire pendant inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. Then, Kate Richbourg shares techniques for texturing metal. Next on the workshop, make stretchy bracelets using crystal pearls, and rondelles. Finally, Melinda Barta teaches how to stitch a tubular peyote ring and how to use peyote to create other stitches.
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i was suprised at the first seeing him with that hairstyle. i thought he will going to army. oh God, im glad he isn't. Well, he will someday but not this year please. i need a JYJ comeback first.
it surprised me too but then, chun likes change and he likes to surprise people! anyway, he can wear any hairstyle and be adorable with that smile and face! its fun to see him on news with things like this. it says they are watching them!
Looks like someone made a Opps on the left side of Chunies head. lol
ppl must b shock with his hair alot..his hair even got in the news lol
everything chunnie makes the news
with or without subtitles I'm too busy staring at this man's beauty


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Authorities negotiated the surrender of an armed man near the Bluebell Mesa Trail at Chautauqua on Thursday night, forcing the closure of Flagstaff Road for about an hour.
The man, a 19-year-old military member from Denver, was "distraught" but not threatening anyone else, Boulder County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Brian Zierlein said. The man's name has not been released.
Officers first became aware of the situation at about 7:30 p.m., when they responded to a report of a possibly suicidal man with a rifle on the trail. Zierlein said they were able to contact him by cell phone, convincing him to surrender the weapon. He was located shortly thereafter and taken into custody.
Just before 8:30 p.m., officials gave the go-ahead to reopen Flagstaff Road.
During the incident, Zierlein said, officers did their best to usher Chautauqua visitors out as quickly as possible.
"That's about the best evacuation you can do in a park that size," he said.
The man will be charged with a city parks violation for having a firearm on the trail, but he will not face any criminal charges. After officers took him into custody, he was transported to a hospital "to get the help that he needs," Zierlein said.


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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Portland Trail Blazers snapped a two-game losing streak last time out and will try to build some momentum Saturday night when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Moda Center.
Portland had dropped back-to-back decisions on a recent four-game road trip, but returned home Thursday night to knock off the Denver Nuggets, 110-105. It was the Blazers' fourth consecutive home victory.
LaMarcus Aldridge dropped in a career-high 44 points, including eight clutch free throws in the final 1:07. Aldridge pulled down 13 rebounds, recorded five assists and scored the last 15 points for the Blazers, who avoided losing three in a row for the first time this season.
"LaMarcus just keeps impressing everybody with what he's doing," Portland head coach Terry Stotts said of his star center. "He was aggressive to the basket, he made his jump shots, he made his free throws, he rebounded, he came up big when we needed him."
Aldridge should have no worries on Thursday night when the All-Star reserves are announced.
Wesley Matthews chipped in 24 points, while Robin Lopez had 12 with nine rebounds for the victors. Damian Lillard, who also has a great chance at an All-Star berth, finished with 11 points.
Portland scored 28 points off of 22 Denver turnovers.
The Timberwolves have won three in a row since a three-game slide and improved to 2-0 on a four-game road trip with Friday's 121-120 victory over the Warriors.
Kevin Martin's go-ahead left baseline jumper with 8.4 seconds remaining sealed the win for Minnesota, which evened its mark at 21-21 and pushed its road record to 9-13 this season. Martin had 26 points and Kevin Love added 26 as well to go along with 14 rebounds and eight assists. Love made 11-of-14 shots from the foul line.
"Just a great win for our team, we've lost so many close games this year," Wolves head coach Rick Adelman said. "Kevin Martin made a big shot."
The Wolves shot 50 percent (47-of-94) from the field and received 22 points and 14 rebounds out of Nikola Pekovic. Corey Brewer scored 15 points and Ricky Rubio ended with nine and 12 assists.
Minnesota will close the road trip Monday at Chicago.
The Wolves won this season's only matchup with Portland, a 120-109 decision back in December. That snapped a five-game winning streak for the Blazers, who have taken 21 of their last 24 versus the T'Wolves and are 14-1 in the last 15 matchups in Portland.


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Once again Phish has gone and done something unique with their promotion for Festival 8, which has already thrown plenty of fans for a loop. The band updated their website with another detailed Flash creation dedicated to (theoretically) revealing what album the play for their "musical costume" set, the second set on Halloween night. The animation started with 99 choices, and a following animation depicting a knife being thrown through the album cover has already been shown a few times revealing albums that likely won't be chosen for the sure-to-be-epic set. Kudos once again to the webmasters in charge of Phish.com and their overall online presence. It always gets the fans talking.
A nice fan on the PT Boards typed up the list for everyone, so check out the 99 choices below along with some of my commentary and gut instincts on the choices themselves.
AC/DC | Back In Black – too predictable Aerosmith | Toys In The Attic – not a bad choice overall, but i don't see this as Phish material or influence really Allman Brothers Band | Eat A Peach – too predictable Arcade Fire | Funeral – i'd place this one as a solid contender in terms of cultural relevance to a huge crowd of people. i could easily see phish performing "wake up" live. Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty – there's no way they could pull this off BeeGees | Saturday Night Fever – good choice for an easy crowd pleaser. nobody would have a hard time dancing along to this one. Black Sabbath | Paranoid – too mind-blowing. i don't think the band wants to go all "scary" and dark that night. Blind Faith | Blind Faith – too little cultural connection for crowd Bob Dylan | Blood On the Tracks – too boring for that many people Bob Dylan & the Band | The Basement Tapes – see #9 above Bob Seger | Against The Wind – too little cultural connection for crowd Boston | Boston – too predictable Brian Eno | Before And After Science – too ambient
- Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run – too predictable
- Chicago | The Chicago Transit Authority – too little cultural connection for crowd
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River – too predictable Curtis Mayfield | Superfly Soundtrack – too predictable
- David Bowie | Hunky Dory – too little cultural connection for crowd
- David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust – potentially…
David Bowie | Scary Monsters – does the band really like bowie this much? Devo | Freedom of Choice – too not-Phish Duran Duran | Rio – now this would be sick…could you imagine fishman on one of those 80's style electro drum kits? Eagles | Hotel California – too yawn worthy Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – page's choice? Elvis Costello (née Declan McManus) | This Year's Model – too non-mind-blowing Eric Clapton | 461 Ocean Blvd – too much guitar wankfest Firehose | Flyin' the Flannel – great so-cal choice but not likely to be a frontrunner Fleetwood Mac | Rumours – too lame
- Frank Zappa | Apostrophe – too obvious
Frank Zappa | Hot Rats – too predictable
- Genesis | The Lambs Lie Down On Broadway – relevant to phish's influence, sure…but not halloween set material
Grateful Dead | American Beauty – too predictable Guns & Roses | Appetite For Destruction – please god make it be this one… Hall & Oates | Private Eyes – too predictable Huey Lewis And The News | Sports Jane's Addiction | Ritual de Lo Habitual – too LA Jimi Hendrix | Are You Experienced? – too predictable but totally sick
- Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland – too predictable but totally sick
John Lennon | Plastic Ono Band – too close to The Beatles Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers – really? Journey | Escape – too lame KISS | Alive II – too Halloween
- King Crimson | Larks' Tongues In Aspic – too proggy
- Led Zeppelin | I – too not Physical Grafitti
Led Zeppelin | IV (Zoso) – "no stairway…denied!" Leonard Cohen | I'm Your Man Love | Forever Changes – really Manu Chao | Clandestino – too "not English" Medeski, Martin & Wood | Shack Man Metallica | Master Of Puppets – too fast
- MGMT | Oracle Spectacular – of all the albums on this list, this one is the album i can see the band wanting to challenge themselves with. it sounds uniquely phish-y in ways and at times nothing close to it. we'll see. i've got good money on this one.
- Michael Jackson | Thriller – still has to be the most obvious choice for the band; i hope it's this one just so that we can talk about thriller all weekend.
Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes – too much yacht rock Miles Davis | A Tribute To Jack Johnson – too influential
- Minutemen | Double Nickels On The Dime – too obvious for so-cal, but i like the spirit of choice on this one. there are 42 tracks on that album…
Neil Young | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – i doubt either neil pick will win the cut Neil Young | Tonight's The Night – see above Nirvana | Nevermind – too culturally relevant (but not anymore) Pavement | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – even though it's their opus, i don't think enough people know this one to give it the right impact Pearl Jam | Ten – too grunge-y Peter Gabriel | So – too emo but would be rad. "in your eyes" is basically "silent in the morning" sung a bit differently. not really. Pink Floyd | Meddle – too influential
- Pink Floyd | The Wall – too predictable
Pixies | Come On Pilgrim – too indie rock Pork Tornado | Pork Tornado – lulz Primus | Sailing The Seas Of Cheese – too difficult
- Prince | Purple Rain – 25th anniversary year = obvious frontrunner
Queen | A Night At The Opera – too
- Radiohead | Kid A – if they're consider this at all, it's interesting that ok computer wasn't a possibility to the band. but this one was.
Rage Against The Machine | Evil Empire – too Coachella
- Rolling Stones | Exile on Main Street
Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers Rush | Moving Pictures – too cool to imagine Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic – maybe T.Rex | Electric Warrior – too unknown Talking Heads | Fear Of Music
- Television | Marquee Moon – too proggy
The Band | The Band (aka Brown Album) – too predictable The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – i could see this The Beatles | Rubber Soul The Clash | London Calling – i could see this The Doors | The Doors – too LA; they'll probably tease The Doors all weekend but i doubt it'll be the set of choice The Police | Ghost In The Machine – too close to Oysterhead The Ramones | Ramones – too punk? The Roots | Phrenology – true story: i'm dressing as Questlove for halloween The Who | Who's Next Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Damn The Torpedoes Tom Waits | Rain Dogs – too raspy U2 | Joshua Tree – too cultural relevant? Van Halen | Van Halen – maybe
- Van Morrison | Astral Weeks – too old school
Velvet Underground | Velvet Underground And Nico Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes – i really hope it's NOT this album Ween | White Pepper – maybe White Stripes | Elephant – obvious frontrunner Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – obvious frontrunner X | Los Angeles – so-cal reference
- Yes | The Yes Album – too proggy
ZZ Top | Tres Hombres – too little facial hair in the band
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Well, there you have 'em — my 10-second snap judgments on what I think the band is going for with their epic Halloween set — and I'm sure I'll be about 100% wrong on what choices I've laid out above vs. what the band will be eliminating themselves on Phish.com. It does get the speculation running about how far they're going to take this, because where's the fun in totally revealing which album it'll be definitively? Part of the whole fun of the musical costume idea is that it remains at least some sort of surprise for the people in attendance. It'll be rad no matter what, and like the other Flash animations there are no "rules" or "guidelines" into what the band needs to reveal for their fans. And they continue to exploit that wonderfully sending all of us into a frenzy of chat messages and thoughts of the circus finally coming back to town…


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Rule 5 Draft offers final chance at fruitful Meetings
By Jonathan Mayo | 12/05/12 6:26 PM ET
At the end of the Winter Meetings comes an event that might seem as niche as they come. And yet all 30 teams, as well as scores of players, will be paying close attention Thursday morning.
The Rule 5 Draft commences at 10 a.m. ET without the bright lights and cameras that are now part of the First-Year Player Draft in June (though there is live video coverage on MLB.com). But rest assured that the results of this Draft will be watched closely. Major League organizations will be selecting players, trying to find that diamond in the rough while also seeing which players from within might be moving to a new location.
Those interested in knowing who the top potential candidates are can check out MLB.com's Rule 5 20 names to know list. The list is in alphabetical, not rank, order.
Players who didn't earn roster spots this offseason will have a keen interest in the proceedings as well, with selection in the Major League phase of the Draft an opportunity to fulfill the ultimate dream and make a big league roster.
These days it's rare to find a future superstar in the Rule 5 Draft -- keep in mind that the eligible players weren't deemed worthy of a spot on a 40-man roster. Since the rule change back in 2006 that gave each team an extra year to evaluate players -- five years for those who signed at age 18 or younger, four for those 19 or older -- fewer standouts have slipped through.
But the chance to uncover a Josh Hamilton, Johan Santana, Dan Uggla or Shane Victorino -- the Mount Rushmore, if you will, of Rule 5 impact players over the past 30 years or so -- will make fans check in to see what happens. That, and the low-risk aspect of the transaction, will make teams at least seriously consider making one or more selections.
During the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft, an eligible player left unprotected from his club's 40-man roster may be selected for $50,000. He must then remain on his drafting team's active Major League roster during the following season or be sent back to the original club for $25,000.
Last year, only a dozen players were taken in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. None of them approached the upside of the quartet above or made the immediate impact of a Joakim Soria. Anyone who watched the American League playoffs, though, saw 2011 Rule 5 pick Ryan Flaherty collect 11 postseason at-bats for the Orioles. Marwin Gonzalez appeared in 80 games for the Astros, and reliever Rhiner Cruz made 52 appearances for Houston. Lucas Luetge pitched out of the Mariners' bullpen all season. Lendy Castillo and Erik Komatsu have also spent some time in the big leagues.
Of course, just because a player is sent back doesn't mean he won't eventually be a quality Major Leaguer. Victorino was actually taken twice in the Rule 5 Draft, in successive years. Miguel Batista, Fernando Vina and Frank Catalanotto are all examples of players who were returned to their original team after initially being selected.
Just how many selections will be made this time remains to be seen. Only a dozen were made a year ago, and as of Wednesday, five teams were full, with 40 on their rosters. Some teams told MLB.com that they are unlikely to participate in the Major League phase because of roster issues.
Although the overall talent of this year's crop won't match those of yesteryear, not all are down on the available pool of players. Teams looking for pitching depth, especially out of the bullpen, might find exactly what they need. A team such as Houston, for instance, which picks first, has room on its roster and showed by carrying two Rule 5 players last year that it doesn't mind going this route to find help, and thus could be very active. The roster crunches other teams face could mean there's more out there to be had on Thursday.
"The list is better, teams had tougher decisions," one AL executive said. "The teams that have open roster spots will be in good position to get good players. There are less open roster spots in general -- that's why there are some good players on there -- and it's a better list than it has been as a result."
The list of 20 names to know has 13 pitchers on it, nearly all of whom have the profile to fill a bullpen role. Red Sox right-handers Ryan Pressly and Josh Fields, Rockies righty Coty Woods and Royals lefty Jon Keck are among the potential relievers who have been mentioned in the early run-up to the Rule 5 Draft.
Position players aren't as popular -- four out of the 12 Major League-phase selections a year ago were hitters -- but Arizona Fall League MVP Chris McGuiness, fellow first baseman Nate Freiman of the Padres and toolsy outfielder Destin Hood are on the eligible list.


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Lots of talk about SEPs and FRAND in Obama's decree, which means that the Obama administration contradicts everything the ITC has said. To freshen your memory, the ITC ruled that not only was the patent in question not a standard essential patent, but Samsung's offer was actually proper FRAND:
The Commission analyzed the history of negotiations between Apple and Samsung (this portion is heavily redacted) to see if Apple showed that Samsung failed to negotiate "in good faith," and found that Apple failed to do so. Notably, the Commission dismissed Apple's arguments that (1) Samsung's initial offer was so high as to show bad faith, and (2) Samsung's attempts to get a cross-license to Apple's non-SEPs violated its FRAND commitments.
In other words, the Obama administration threw out virtually everything the ITC has said in order to protect Apple. This effectively means that American companies can infringe on non-American companies' (standard essential) patents all they want, because the president will simply step in if they try to fight back.
So, I was wrong. I expected the Obama administration to be impartial and not give such a huge slap in the face of the ITC - as cynical as I usually am, I can still be naive. Protectionism is more important to the POTUS.
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Intel, from whom Apple bought some of the chips for the older version, also had a license. The ITC said that that didn't matter, because Apple didn't buy the chips in the US, and because Apple couldn't prove that Samsung had specifically authorised those sales to Apple. See p. 67 of the ITC's ruling.
Once again, a giant company like Apple can structure its global supply chain to make the US the legal site of the transfer of property in the chips even if they don't come within a thousand miles of the US (as it now has done). A smaller company will struggle to do this. They're the ones who the ITC's approach will ultimately hurt.


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I still can't believe we lost to this guy. F u Janikowski.
sign this beast!!!!
How much money did he blow already?
The former is far, far more likely than the latter, but at zero cost, why not give it a shot?
Thats right, the 300 pounder, near zero wonderlic scoring, JaMarcus Russell is attempting to get in shape to hold a "pro day" of sorts to try and get back into the NFL after sticking the Raiders for over $30M in gauranteed pay.
Will he pull it off?
Not as Qb.
our blocking TE?
Could be an option for punt protector. Would come cheap.
There was a thread about this a few weeks ago. And then there was a report that the Jets were paying attention to this situation.
Old. Try to keep up.
Ah, it's about JR, posting the story is nothing to get excited about.


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Victor Martinez can be a free agent at the end of this season and he says he wants to stay in Boston, but I think that desire comes from not wanting to move to yet another team as much as it does wanting to stay with the Sox. Naturally, the team is saying nothing about any possible talks.
Clay Buchholz gained about 13 pounds over the winter and Theo Epstein likes what he sees:
He's really taken it very seriously this winter. He looks to be in great shape and has really strengthened his core. ... He's at an advantaged stage as opposed to where most guys are at this point.Epstein also said that Mike Lowell had the pin removed from his thumb recently and that will put him a few weeks behind schedule.
Daniel Bard is working on a changeup:
Probably threw 20 of them the whole year [2009]. There's so many situations where I would think, "OK, this kind of situation kind of calls for a changeup." If there's a guy on second base, guy on third, important run, I don't want to get beat on my third-best pitch. What I want to do this year is make it so I don't have that feeling, so I can say the situation calls for a changeup and have the confidence that I'm going to get an out on it.
Just 10 players had an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of .900 or greater in 2008 and '09: Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Berkman, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis, Hanley Ramirez, Matt Holliday, Chase Utley - and Drew.
Over the three seasons since he signed with Boston, Drew has gotten on base at a .390 clip. That stands as fourth-best among outfielders in baseball in that span, behind only Manny Ramirez (.412), Holliday (.403), Magglio Ordonez (.397), and tied with Adam Dunn. ...
Drew has gotten the hit so many times that some in the organization privately wonder why David Ortiz has gotten all the praise.
There was the two-out grand slam off Fausto Carmona in Game 6 of the 2007 American League Championship Series, the ninth-inning tie-breaking homer off Francisco Rodriguez in Game 2 of the 2008 ALDS, the home run and game-winning RBI in the Sox' epic comeback in Game 5 of the 2008 ALCS, the homer in a loss in Game 3 of the 2009 ALDS. ...


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Friday, April 07, 2006
How Has It Not Happened Again?
What I found so interesting about this picture are the two Michigan players standing on the sideline - #10 is Clayton Richard, #13 is Jeff Kastl. Both were backup QBs, 3rd and 4th string respectively. They - along with the other members of the team, and Wangs, Yost and I - were probably the only ones in the 'Shoe that weren't up and screaming at that time.
Look closely at those backup QBs. You can tell they're pissed. It was becoming obvious, literally before their eyes, that the Wolverines were going to lose that day, and they were helpless to do anything about it. Not just because they weren't going to throw any passes that day, but also because Ginn was sprinting right past them and there was nothing they could do before he put the Buckeyes up 27-14.
Or was there? Back in the 1954 Cotton Bowl, Rice - yes, Rice - running back Dicky Moegle was doing his best Vince Young impersonation, running for 265 yards on 11 carries in the Owls victory over Alabama, 28-6. In the second quarter, Moegle took the ball from the Rice 5 and broke into the open field. He was on his way to scoring his second TD of the day when Alabama fullback Tommy Lewis leaped off the sideline and cut the legs out from under Moegle at the Tide 45. Moegle was awarded a touchdown by the referees since, in their judgment, there was no 'Bama defender who would have caught him. After the game, Lewis, a co-captain, said, "I guess I'm just too full of 'Bama," in explaining why he made the obviously illegal play.
Though it was an unsportsmanlike tactic, and embarrassed his team, there used to be a part of me that admired Lewis' loyalty to his team. When I was a kid and saw the grainy film of the play, I thought, "Good for him." Now that I've become less of a poor loser, I only wonder how this hasn't happened again. With so many games, so much emphasis on winning, and so many unsportsmanlike events taking place today, how is it that a Fresno State backup didn't trip up Reggie Bush last November, or a USC player didn't rush off the bench to tackle Vince Young in the Rose Bowl? It would be different than when Woody Hayes punched Charlie Bauman - that involved a coach after the play was over, not a player affecting an ongoing play.
So what if Richard or Kastl had sideswiped or, even more discreetly, tripped Ginn on his scamper down the sideline? Would you be surprised? Would it be the worst thing a player could do on the field? Do you think something like it will happen in the future? As a fan, would you think less of a player who made such a move, particularly if he did it because he was "Too full of Michigan (or Texas, or USC, or Auburn, or 'Bama, or Georgia, or Tosu, etc)?"
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- Yost said...
While I too am surprised it hasn't happened since, I would hate to see something like that happen, or even worse, happen fairly regularly.
There are already too many nuts in the stands taking football games too seriously, no need to see it on the sidelines as well.
- April 07, 2006 3:15 AM
- nico said...
I love how he just goes and plops back down on the bench like nothing happened.
- April 07, 2006 3:23 AM
something like this, in regard to UM, would be 'THE END' of an already crumbling program...
...but hey, you'd at least have something to blame it on!
- April 07, 2006 7:44 AM
I'm just as suprised that an entire team has not come on to the field when the clock is down to 0:00 even though the play is still on going.
- April 07, 2006 9:30 AM
I think in this day and age, when every 3rd string LB who gets caught with an open container makes ESPN news, an action like this would be just too much for the backlash.
And in this particular example, by the time these guys saw Ginn breaking free, they'd just be flopping onto the field 15 yards behind him.
- April 07, 2006 9:32 AM
- Benny Friedman said...
Nico, if I recall correctly, Lewis went back to the bench with his head in his hands - he knew he screwed up big time. I always found that humorous for some reason.
Pants, you're right - what made me think that Richard or Kastl could have tackled Ginn - no one else on the Wolverines could that day.
- April 07, 2006 10:05 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i was there too (took the Buckeye fan son- one of the few games i could wear m&b and not get assaulted for it).
this play has been blown way out of proportion as to its importance to the overall outcome. don't get me wrong- the TD still counted. it was exciting, lit up the crowd, etc., etc., cliche', cliche'. but even if the side line had tackled him, the defense wouldn't have stopped them from scoring.
let's face it- what killed us that game was the refusal to make mid game adjustments until it was too late. we came in w/ a scheme and didn't even attempt to adjust to tosu's game plan during the game(how many times did we do that last season, too?- at least five).
we spent the entire second half in a 3 man rush/prevent cover zone. it was entirely ineffective.
plus, our "make Rush Limbaugh look like a Clinton" conservative offense in the late second, early third quarters pretty much killed us, and took away any chance to take momentum. trust me those of you who weren't there- when we went up 14-7 midway thru the first half it was so quiet you could hear a booster shuffle the money he was putting into the envelope. but Lloyd isn't one to make changes and tosu made adjustments, we didn't and the game slipped away there, not the punt return.
in fact, that TD may have had a wierd benefit for us in that after we went down two scores, we did actually pass on first down once or twice.
it's pretty funny when you think about it- we run this ultra conservative scheme on offense to not make turn overs and on D to not give up the "big" plays, and then turn around and have a punt run back for a TD. reminded me of Bo against ND in '89(?) w/ Rocket.
i guess Lloyd's just a chip off the ole' block- at least he only gave up one TD???
- April 07, 2006 10:25 AM
- nico said...
you're right, he did sink his head in his hands, but still the fact that he popped the guy and ran to sit down (head in hands or not) cracks me up...and I'm an Alabama fan.
I'd probably feel more shame over it if it had happened in my lifetime, but even that couldn't match the shame of Mikes Dubose & Price.
- April 07, 2006 10:59 AM
- Wangs said...
Excellent observations! The things I recall most from that game were - Henne's high school coach sat right behind us and was very, very cool. Gave us lots of tidbits about Chad and the recruting process. Apparently Scott Loeffler gets all the credit for signing him. Not even Joe-PA eating dinner at his house was enough to get him to Pennsylvania State.
FYI - I think Scott should be the next head coach for many reasons, including the fact that the Greatest Quarterback in Football History, Tom Brady, gives Loeffler credit for mentoring and coaching him to greatness. Of course, if Henne sucks again this year then Loeffler should be fired (just kidding).
The other thing I remember about that nightmare was our "great receiver" dropping a couple of huge passes that would've converted third downs into first downs.
And, of course, the inability of the defense to stop a mediocre quarterback who could run.
It was a sad day made even worse because I had to sit in between Yost and Benny. Those cowboys engaged in way too many celebratory hugs for such a crappy game. I also felt it was a little odd that Yost and Benny thought it would be good luck if they wore their caps inside out and held hands for the whole second half. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
- April 07, 2006 11:00 AM
- Maize n Brew Dave said...
Funny. And I thought such plays were legal. Isn't that what happened against Nebraska in the Fiasco Bowl? Hard to score a touchdown when half the state of Nebraska's on the field. Guess they were too full of corn, or something...
BTW, great point on Ginn. If either of those two had tried to tackle him they probably would've missed and somehow cleated themselves in the eyes.
- April 07, 2006 11:13 AM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
I'm pretty ambivalent on this sort of stuff, too. One the one hand, I can definitely understand the emotions that would drive a player to do something like that and even have a certain degree of respect for an athlete with so much passion and desire to win that he just can't stop himself. On the other hand, it's cheating and it's a cheap shot.
As much as it pains me to think of Ted Ginn Jr. streaking down the field like that against Michigan, he's earned it. Through hard work in practice and the efforts of his teammates on the field and his own natural athletic ability, he deserves to feel the joy of that moment. That's one reason we play sports, to feel the thrill of making a big play like that. There's something just wrong about taking that away from him, even though he does play for Ohio State.
As for why it doesn't happen anymore, I think the biggest reason is it doesn't work. Officials have the discretion to award a touchdown, so nothing's going to get changed. In fact, the result will likely be worse than just letting the play go. A team that scores the touchdown may relax a little and become more conservative (we Michigan fans should be familiar with this). A team subjected to such a flagrant foul my come out angrier and more motivated than ever to run up the score. There's also the risk of having the game degenerate into an exchange of cheap shots against each others players. Part of the deterrence to personal fouls is that no one wants to be subjected to them in retaliation.
And, it actually does still happen. It's not unheard of for a defensive back, when caught completely out of position, to commit a flagrant pass interference penalty to prevent a touchdown pass. The player is generally commended for having the presence of mind to, in a fraction of a second, override all his football conditioning and commit a foul to prevent a score. The worst thing that can happen is it's a 15 yard penalty and an automatic first down. But there's no touchdown. Sometimes, there's not even a flag, yes, I'm looking at you Sun Belt Conference officials.
Another example is Nebraska v. Missouri, 8 November 1997. There's just 7 seconds left and Scott Frost's pass to Shevin Wiggins is broken up by Missouri defender Julian Jones. At this point, the game is over and #1 Nebraska loses to Missouri. Except, Wiggins, falling backward, kicks the ball to keep it in the air and it's caught by Nebraska's Matt Davison. The extra point ties the game and Nebraska goes on to win it in overtime. Illegal, absolutely, but one still has to admire the quick thinking of Wiggins.
There's probably a certain amount of "cheating" in every game. Players will always try to test the limits of the officials in each game. How much holding can an offensive tackle get away with? How much contact with the wideout can the cornerback make? I think it mostly comes down to, "what can I get away with?" and "what can I come up with in the split second I have to think of something?"
- April 07, 2006 1:16 PM
Enjoyed the article on Dickie Moegel. I remember the schematics of the play in the newpapers. They showed Lewis watching the run develope & then the tackle. The game was not the Rose Bowl. Since '46 or'48 it had been played Big 10 V. Pac 8-10. This game was the Sugar Bowl I believe. Great info that you provide for an ND Sub
- April 07, 2006 2:09 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
Jim M., thanks for the correction. It's now correct in the post - it was the Cotton Bowl, not the Rose Bowl.
- April 07, 2006 2:26 PM
- IC said...
Re. your descriptions of guys "cheating" during games: each of your examples were/are committed by players in the game at the time.
If a Michigan player ever came off the sideline to pull a Dickie Moegel and tackle a td-bound opponent, I'd have no problem if he never played for us again. It would be unacceptably reckless and unsportsmanlike.
That noted, when Ginn was returning that punt (and when that Minnesota RB was rumbling down the sideline this year while the Gophers were trying to run out the clock)---I could provide more examples but I don't want to ruin our weekends---I was praying to the gods of several religions that he would somehow trip and fall on his face and/or ass, a la Shawn Springs when Tai Streets caught a harmless 7-yard slant and took it to the Horseshoe endzone in our win over tOSU in '96.
There's a memory to start the weekend off right.
- April 07, 2006 4:24 PM
We're going to have to have the "Loeffler for coach" discussion another day.
My take...
He just might be the most overrated coach in the country today...at any level.
If only I could have such a rep for accomplishing so little.
- April 07, 2006 4:36 PM
- Wangs said...
Anon 1:36 -
Admittidly, I am wrong about many things and Loeffler for Head Coach may be yet another one. I recall thinking Cam Cameron would be a good head coach, too. I did like the IU football helmets when he was there.
Maybe when Yost gets back from Vegas. If he gets back. He and Benny can start a post about Loeffler or other Assistants who may be head coach material now that thankfully Herrman is gone. I would be interested in your views because everything I've heard about Loeffler is positive. But I haven't really heard that much.
Finally - you should get a different name than Anonymous so we know you're a regular.
- April 07, 2006 5:08 PM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Shouldn't it be pull a Tommy Lewis? Dickie Moegle didn't do anything wrong.
You are correct that a player coming off the sidelines is committing a more serious offense than someone in the play. Photographs of the play show Lewis getting ready to tackle Moegle while he's still at least five yards out so there was a certain degree of premeditation. It's kind of like the difference between 1st Degree Murder and Manslaughter.
Apparently, there was not clear cut ruling on how to handle this--so I'm guessing it hadn't happened before--and the referee made the call to award the touchdown to Rice. That set the precedent and may explain why it's apparently only happened once.
- April 07, 2006 5:19 PM
- IC said...
You're right. I should have written "pull a Tommy Lewis." Though you have to admit, "pull a Dickie Moegel" sounds way funnier.
- April 07, 2006 5:44 PM
You know Surrounded....TOSU and MEECHIGAN fans have more in common than I think you want to admit. We whine (yes I said whine.....I hate whiny buckeye fans as much as you) about the coaching staff not making adjustments....conservative offense......bend dont break defense.....oh yeah, and assults at the other teams stadium. My wife, brother-in-law and I were at the '01 game and were verbally and physically assulted (hit in head by 2 tossed beer bottles, the offender was more accurate than Navarre that day). Ive been to a couple of games at the little house on the prairie and have at least once at each been afraid for my life. My car was scratched, had a tire slashed, been called hick, hillbilly, "hey where did you park your tractor?" etc. You guys call us hicks, we call West Virginian's and Kentuckians hicks. Do they call Tennesee fans hicks? Oh wait, everyone does that. But I digress.....I have been appalled by fan behavior at many stadiums INCLUDING The Big Hole. I think the next time the game is in Ann Arbor and WHEN I am assulted I will make sure that EVERYONE knows how horrible the behavior there can be. Wonder if the U of M pres. will be as classy as TOSU's and write a letter of apology for some drunken idiots.
- April 12, 2006 8:43 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
if you talked to fans from all 11 conference schools which venue in the big ten had the worst fans- rude, abusive behavior, things thrown, etc., the overwelming majority would list tosu. fans from probably 9 out of the 11 schools have had their worst experiences visiting columbus.
tosu fans would probably list A2, PSU, or Madison. MooSU fans would probably "say" A2.
point is, tosu fans get treated poorly everywhere they go because they treat all visitors so poorly. most other school/venues treat other fans reasonably well, and save their abuse for tosu.
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Title – Impact of Segregation
By – Eleanor Williams
Primary Subject – Social Studies
Grade Level – 2-7
Lesson Idea:
To help my students understand segregation and what it felt like, I randomly separated my students into two groups, which I called the Stars and the Stripes. I began the lesson by giving the students a diecut of a star or a rectangle with stripes on it, so I could see who belonged in what group. Next, I gave each Star a cookie, and allowed them to eat it. One of my students asked if the Stripes got a cookie too. I just said no, and ate a cookie myself. I continued my lesson by showing a video streaming clip of the book
Martin's Big Words
— you could read the book to the students if you do not have access to the clip. The Stars gathered around the computer screen first and were allowed to sit in chairs while the Stripes had to sit on the floor.
After viewing the clip, I had the students return to their desks. I then explained that we were going to learn about segregation through a series of activities where the Stars were going to have certain privileges, but the Stripes would not. The Stars were allowed to sit in the front of the room at desks and were given extra instruction, while the Stripes had to sit in the back of the room with just a chair and a white board to use as a writing surface. They were given worksheets to do without any instructions. When the Stars were finished with their assignment, they were allowed to go to centers, while the Stripes were given extra worksheets. Of course, by this point, I had a couple of criers. At this point, I asked the Stripes how it felt to not be allowed to do the same things as the Stars. I then explained that after lunch, the Stripes would get the privileges while the Stars would not.
To make the point, the groups had to line up separately, with the Stripes in front and the Stars in the back. At recess, the Stripes were allowed on the playground, while the Stars had to stay on the grass. The Stripes were allowed to use the restrooms inside the building, while the Stars had to use the restrooms by the portables. They were also told that if they needed to use the restroom, they had to change their cards (I use the color-coded cards for classroom management). We also had a math facts challenge, but the Stripes were given the answers ahead of time so they all got the answers correct. To have a deeper impact, I separated the friends into separate groups, and did not allow them to associate with the other group: Stars could only talk to stars, Stripes only with Stripes.
To close the lesson, we discussed how it felt to be the group who got the privileges, and how it felt to be left out. I explained that the Whites Only signs could easily have read Stars Only or Stripes Only. My students asked why there were no Blacks Only signs, which I explained was not necessary because if the signs read Whites Only, the blacks could not eat or drink there, or sit there. If they did, they were arrested. One student asked what would happen if they were a Star, but their parents were Stripes. I explained that if you were a Star, your parents would also be Stars because you could only associate with people who were the same as you. I had the students complete a double bubble thinking map to compare and contrast the activities, and how it felt to be privileged or not privileged. (These are similar to the Venn diagram.)
On the back, I had the students write down their thoughts on segregation, and to also let me know whether they were a Star or a Stripe. We closed the lesson by saying that the stars and Stripes were chosen because they are the symbols of our country's flag, and that both had to be united to form the American flag. Throughout the activities, my daughter documented what was happening through a digital camera and a video camera.
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Just when you thought we'd completely rounded the corner back to the future, beloved traditions remain: the Church Bake Sale!
Up north in Michigan this weekend, Lutheran Ladies presented their Famous Pies, destined to benefit the Church Building Fund.
And it was up for grabs!!!
My mother, who had arrived 15 minutes beyond the starting time last year was determined not to leave empty-handed this year. I drove her to the sale and she was second in line this time and we got to watch the pies being delivered.
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One gentleman delivered two absolutely gorgeous Peach Pies, commenting on his way in they were made from local fruit (a PLUS!) but lost all points when he exited carrying a swapped Coconut Cream Pie, thereby lowering that delicious possibility for the ever-growing line.
My mother, who now uses her cane as a walking device and a mobile punctuation point, raised it and declared, "Not Fair!"
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All Black Piri Weepu went online to vent his anger after thieves broke into his car and stole his iPhone while he was out diving.
Weepu was at Owhiro Bay on Wellington's south coast, diving for shellfish that was to be served at a funeral, and returned to find his car window smashed and his phone missing, he told his followers on Twitter.
"To the f## per cent#r that broke into my car! Better pray I don't find you!! Grrrrrrr!!!!" he wrote. "Took my iPhone!! Hope you see this tweet! Gonna track it boi!"
The phone had photos of his two young daughters - Keira and Taylor - stored on it.
Weepu said he was working on tracking the iPhone, however the thief was yet to turn it on.
The All Black posted a photo of the shattered glass all over the driver's seat.
He told fans he had done some exercise after the incident, to help take his mind off what had happened.
"I'm not as pissed [now]. Took my anger out on the street - ran Wainui Hill lol but still gutted as," he said.
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