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NORMAN, Okla. -- In its last home dual of the season, the sixth-ranked Oklahoma wrestling team (8-2 overall, 2-0 Big 12) fell to No. 10 Missouri (6-1 overall, 3-1 MAC) by a score of 18-15 Thursday night inside McCasland Field House.
The Tigers claimed six of the night's 10 matches en route to the win. OU head coach Mark Cody credited Missouri for wrestling well and entering the contest with a good plan. He added he thought the Sooners competed with some anxiety and fear.
"Sometimes you get into these big matches and those insecurities will surface, and I've been in this situation before where you have to shake those anxieties before tournament time," Cody stated. "I think this group can do it and that we have a lot of guys who can score a lot of points at the end of the year."
Registering victories for the Sooners in the match that saw five lead changes were No. 8 Cody Brewer, No. 18 Justin DeAngelis, Clark Glass and No. 1 Andrew Howe.
At 133 pounds, Brewer dominated Missouri redshirt freshman Matt Manley, taking the bout by an 18-3 technical fall. Brewer registered four takedowns, a reversal, a two-point nearfall and a three-point nearfall in the victory. He also took the riding time point with 3:06.
DeAngelis fought to a 5-3 decision at 157 pounds of freshman Joey Lavallee to increase OU's deficit to one point at 9-8. With a 6-2 decision in the 165-pound match, Glass gave the Sooners their first lead of the night by a score of 11-9.
Howe, who wrestled at 184 pounds instead of his usual weight class of 174 due to Danny Chaid being ill, won by a 22-9 major decision of sophomore Cody Johnston. Howe had nine takedowns in the bout.
The Sooners dropped matches at 125, 141, 149, 174, 197 and 285 pounds.
The dual began at 125 pounds, where freshman Sean Williams fell to freshman Barlow McGhee by decision, 3-1. Williams replaced redshirt senior and seventh-ranked Jarrod Patterson, who is recovering from an injury.
At 141 pounds, Missouri's Lavion Mayes topped No. 15 Nick Lester by decision. 6-4. The 149-pound match featured the No. 1 and No. 2 wrestlers in Missouri's Drake Houdashelt and OU's Kendric Maple, respectively. The bout was close throughout, but Houdashelt eventually defeated Maple by a 3-2 decision.
Missouri's 18th-ranked Mikey England won by a 6-1 decision of OU's Derek Geiges at 174 pounds, while No. 6 J'den Cox of the Tigers downed No. 3 Travis Rutt by decision, 6-1.
The dual was tied at 15 entering the heavyweight division, where Devin Mellon beat No. 16 Ross Larson by decision, 6-0, to seal the victory for Missouri.
Even though some of the Sooners' usual starters were not in the lineup, Cody said the team has no excuses.
"If everybody is here and everyone is firing on the right cylinders, we're going to be great," Cody explained. "With a couple of guys out in a meet like this, it makes things tough, but we have no excuses. Even if half of my lineup isn't out there, we still have to be able to step up with that we put out on the mat because everybody is trained that way."
Prior to the start of the contest, OU's senior class of Patterson, Lester, Maple, Geiges, Howe, Rutt and Chase Gordon were recognized as part of Senior Night.
The Sooners hit the road for two Big 12 battles next week as they face West Virginia on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. CT and No. 9 Oklahoma State on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. CT. On March 8, the Sooners host the Big 12 Championship inside McCasland Field House. Limited tickets are still available online or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-GoOU.
Final Score
Oklahoma: 15
Missouri: 18
125: Barlow McGhee dec. Sean Williams (OU), 3-1
133: No. 8 Cody Brewer (OU) tech. fall. Matt Manley (Missouri), 18-3
141: Lavion Mayes dec. No. 15 Nick Lester (OU), 6-4
149: No. 1 Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) dec. No. 2 Kendric Maple (OU), 3-2
157: No. 18 Justin DeAngelis (OU) dec. Joey Lavallee (Missouri), 5-3
165: Clark Glass (OU) dec. Jordan Gagliano (Missouri), 6-2
174: No. 18 Mikey England (Missouri) dec. Derek Geiges (OU), 6-1
184: Andrew Howe (OU) maj. dec. Cody Johnston (Missouri), 22-9
197: No. 6 J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. No. 3 Travis Rutt (OU), 6-1
285: Devin Mellon (Missouri) dec. No. 16 Ross Larson (OU), 6-0
*Individual rankings from InterMat as of Jan. 28, 2014

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Yale Holds 40-15 Edge in Kills, Serves Up Eight Aces
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Jesse Ebner and Mollie Rogers blasted 11 kills each in a sweep of Harvard on Friday night.
The scores of the match were 25-17, 25-15 and 25-18. The Bulldogs improved to 8-3 overall and 2-0 in the conference, while Harvard fell to 6-5 and 1-1 in Ivy play.
The match featured a raucous crowd with the Yale Pep Band also in attendance against the arch-rival Crimson.
"I thought we played a very high level and maintained it throughout the match," Yale head coach Erin Appleman said. "We had an awesome crowd and that made for a great atmosphere tonight."
Yale dominated the first set and never looked back.
McHaney Carter broke a 2-all tie with a kill and Yale went on to score five of the next six points. Yale maintained a five-point lead to 10-5, then Tori Shepherd took the Bulldogs to another level.
Shepherd served off seven straight points, which included two aces, to increase Yale's lead to 17-5. Yale had eight aces in the match and held a 40-15 edge in kills.
The Bulldogs scored 11 of the first 14 points and hit .355 as a team in the second set. Harvard responded with five of the next six points to cut its deficit to 12-8 until Kendall Polan shifted the momentum.
Polan's kill started an 8-2 run that included three kills from Ebner and two from Rogers to push Yale's lead to 20-10. Polan finished with 27 assists, 12 digs and four kills.
After a Harvard service error opened the third set, Ebner served five straight points and the Bulldogs opened up another quick lead at 6-1 -- a lead they never gave up. Later in the set, Rogers smashed a kill and then served up an ace to increase the lead to 18-10.
Kelly Johnson set up a Polan kill, then Polan set up another Rogers kill to increase Yale's lead to 20-10. Johnson finished with nine assists, eight kills and seven digs.
The Bulldogs host Dartmouth tomorrow at 5 p.m.


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Companies have been lining up to sell bonds, even after the recent jump in Treasury yields, as they deem market conditions good enough and eager buyers plentiful enough to make the deals go smoothly.
Indeed, right before and during quarterly earnings season is traditionally a slow time for corporate bond sales, because companies inflict an informal blackout period on themselves until results are out.
However, the really doesn't hold for January, which tends to be one of the busiest issuance months of the year, according to Informa Global Markets.
Companies and other institutions have already sold $52.75 billion in U.S.-denominated debt this month – in five business days, according to the firm.
"Many issuers are taking advantage of the stable markets before their earning blackouts begin," said Edward Marrinan, a credit strategist at RBS. "We expect more of the same today and see no reason for the extremely strong market tone to change anytime soon."
Bank of America sold $6 billion in debt on Tuesday, while Staples and Toyota Motor Credit each sold more than $1 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., an arm of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. issued $500 million. On the other end of the credit spectrum, Comcast Corp. sold $2.95 billion in bonds.
And foreign governments were not to be left out, seeing very good demand for dollar-denominated debt.
Mexico issued $1.5 billion in 30-year bonds at a record low yield of 4.19%. Read more on Mexico\'s debt auction.
Turkey sold $1.5 billion in 10-year debt at a record low 3.47%. See more on Turkey\'s bond sale.
For come context, compare those levels for developing-country debt to the average yield on the Barclays U.S. corporate index of 2.72%. Yields have fallen as investors pile into corporate bonds (and to a lesser extend, high-yield and global bonds) in a search for higher yields. See: Four charts that say the \'cult of equities\' is dying.
Analysts expect companies to sell about $111 billion this month, according to a poll by Informa.
–Deborah Levine
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Carriage House Players is planning its second drama camp of the summer.
Drama Camp 2, for ages 12 to 17, will be June 24-28 from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m. at the Lincoln County Museum Complex. The cost of this camp is $30, and you may pay on Monday, June 20.
In Drama Camp 2, CHP will again work on team exercises, character building and stage direction, but Players will be adding basic lighting and set construction. To sign up for Drama Camp 2, call Brenda at 931-703-1129 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
"We had such a successful drama camp last year that we couldn't wait to plan for this year," said Mickey Johnson, camp coordinator. "We had kids of all ages, and they worked well together, but we thought that we could make it a great camp if we split up the ages. That way, our older drama students can learn more behind the scenes, technical side."


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Unverified Voracity Demands To See The Cheesekeeper
Same as it ever was. Nothing changes.
Fielding Yost Tippling Perils College Sport Detroit Free Press 11/9/1925 #umich pic.twitter.com/wG5nOr4nBq
— Michigan's Past (@MichiganHist) November 9, 2015
The king stay the king. Harbaugh twitter will always be delightful.
Remembering the captain and crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald today. God Bless You and Yours! https://t.co/OZl3bMYWuy
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) November 10, 2015
If you do not listen to this song, this whole song, he will find you.
The equivalent Harbaugh story here is doing pushups with mom at 3 AM. De'Veon Smith was on Inside Michigan Football last night, and said things that make you… uh… notice a contrast between recent Michigan coaching staffs. For one:
"Coach Hoke was a great coach, he meant a lot to me," Smith said. "He came over to my house one day and literally just fell asleep on the couch."
I hope this was unannounced. De'Veon Smith comes home finds that one of his windows is broken. Inside, Brady Hoke is splayed out on the couch covered in cheeto dust and pinecones. Smith ventures a poke in an attempt to wake Hoke up; Hoke mutters "I am the cheesemaster" and rolls over, inert. There he stays for the winter. When he awakes he demands to see the "cheesekeeper" and runs into the forest.
For two:
"I guess until this year I wasn't really taught properly how to pass protect and what are my keys exactly," Smith said. "And (running backs) coach (Tyrone) Wheatley is instilling that into in all the running backs.
"In previous years, we tried to cut-block somebody. We weren't aiming at the right spot to cut down somebody and now coach Wheatley has taught us to get up on them and get low on them whenever we have to cut them. All the coaching points are definitely the main difference from this offense and last year's offense."
Smith has been excellent in pass protection this year. Michigan ran a couple of smash combos in the Rutgers game in which he was tasked with cutting an unblocked DE and did it with aplomb.
Mizzou chaos. Mizzou's president resigned, their chancellor also got booted, and because the football team decided they'd join the protest several people are poking me to talk about it. So here we go. Hold on to your butts.
- If you don't understand what's going on, Bill Connelly's explainer is the best that I've found. I still fail to grasp why a few unrelated racial incidents—one of which saw the perpetrator expelled—blew up like it has, but the impression given off by the Connelly piece is that the upper echelons of Mizzou were taken over by Brandon types with an eye on the bottom line and the incorrect assumption that they had infinite political power. Yanking grad student (read: teacher) health insurance the day before classes is a Total Brandon Move. The inciting incidents here were a spark in a dry forest, to borrow Mark Bernstein's analogy.
- The football team joining the protest promises to be a watershed moment. The president was likely on his way out anyway, but for the axe to fall so quickly after the football team announced a boycott indicates the latent power athletes have. Mizzou was about to get hit very hard financially because the football team simply decide to not do stuff. That is power.
- This is still far away from the dread strike-for-money that will happen in the next decade, probably at the Final Four. The climate on the Mizzou campus during a campus-wide protest the aftermath of Ferguson is going to be a lot different than the climate if a team says it simply wants a piece of the pie. Whatever team does that is going to get it from both barrels nationwide. Mizzou's football team has largely been praised by non-ideological* media.
- Gary Pinkel trying to walk it back afterwards by saying it was about nothing other than the health and well-being of the student on a hunger strike is disappointing. If you're going to do it, do it. That's some phony PR right there.
The merits of the protest, its interpretation of what the First Amendment means, and the larger campus climate nationwide are outside the scope of this blog until such time as Michigan gets stuck in a similar morass. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
*[yes yes all media is ideological especially that newspaper or that website here's a cookie]
Okay, Bill Plaschke. I'd link Drew Sharp if he was talking to Keith Jackson.
It is a voice still so memorable, people still call his home and hang up just to hear his greeting.
"If you're calling the Jacksons, you have succeeded," the voice says. "Help yourself."
I don't think that's how it works. The idea of a medical redshirt for Mario Ojemudia came up again:
Elsewhere, Harbaugh said Monday that the team is still in the process of appealing for an extra year of eligibility for injured senior buck linebacker Mario Ojemudia. The 6-foot-2, 252-pounder suffered season-ending Achilles tendon injury during the second half of the team's fifth game of the year -- a 28-0 win at Maryland.
Per the NCAA rulebook, medical hardship waivers (also known as medical redshirt years) can only be obtained (in a team sport) if three separate conditions are met. The injury must occur during one of the player's four seasons of eligibility, the injury has to have taken place prior to the second half of the player's season and the player has not participated in more than three contests (or 30 percent) of his or her season.
Ojemudia appeared in five games, which is obviously more than three/30 percent. Still, Harbaugh said the process of an appeal is still ongoing.
"There's an appeal process," Harbaugh said. "It's a process."
I assume this will get shot down because the NCAA has been very strict about keeping that rule intact, especially since they moved from 25% to 30% a few years back. I'd be really surprised if Michigan wins here.
Kickering, evaluated. SBN Auburn blog College & Magnolia piles field goal attempts from the last decade into a couple of graphs in an effort to evaluate kickers by the worth of their kickery. Average point value by distance:
Surprised a 50 yarder is a 50/50 proposition but I guess they don't throw you out there if you obviously can't make it.
Gets choppy at the end there for obvious reasons. C&M assigns points relative to expectation for the nation's kickers and finds Kenny Allen in a tie for 40th. That's about right since he's mostly hit mostly short field goals.
There are a couple of problems with this approach, It tends to give guys who don't have a big leg a pass for not attempting long field goals and it might underrate guys who end up with a lot of limited-upside chip shots relative to equivalent kickers who get more valuable attempts.
But it's a good first approximation, and Allen is about what we've seen: above average and not outstanding. FWIW, OSU currently is 116th. Jack Willoughby is 7/11 on the year and hasn't hit one from 40+. Just something to keep an eye on.
Smart Football back. Chris Brown has revived his blog until such time as someone else snaps him up. He talks packaged plays and how defenses are adapting to them:
In the below clip, Mariota is reading the backside inside linebacker — who is unblocked as the backside tackle is blocking out on the defensive end — to decide whether to hand off on an inside run or throw a slant into what should be a vacated area.
Yet even though the linebacker steps up for the run — and thus Mariota's read takes him to the slant — the nickel defensive back had been reading Mariota's eyes the entire time and he simply steps in front of the slant for a too-easy pick-six.
Does this mean defenses have figured these plays out? Not even close; one of the many reasons Whisenhunt got fired was because he had only superficially begun integrating these plays into his offense, rather than truly understanding how they fit together. But I've seen other examples of plays like this so far this year, and it's evidence that defenses are catching up. That, of course, shouldn't be a surprise. In football, nothing stays easy for long.
The Borges-Denard parallels are obvious.
Michigan hasn't had a ton of trouble with packaged plays this year since they tend to play a lot of man, FWIW.
Etc.: List of top uniforms has Michigan #1, Oregon #2, which is kind of an amazing list. Leaders have leadership. Dedicating Yost Field House. The Slippery Rock story. The dumbest game theory decision ever. Probably literally. LeMoyne things. Harbaugh's got it all.
Upon Further Review 2015: Defense vs Maryland
Upon Further Review is sponsored.
You know, Matt was just like "if I sponsor this you have to do them all for the whole season" and I was like "okay but you know that was going to be likely since now I am not going to be overwhelmed with sadness two-thirds through" and then he made some sort of intimidating hand gesture. But his heart is in the right place?
Matt's got a ticket offer going for a Michigan football or basketball game. If you're buying a home or refinancing, he's the right guy to call.
FORMATION NOTES: At this point Michigan has few formation surprises. They're usually in a nickel. They alternate between three or four fronts. One is a three man line with the buck in a two point stance as a 3-4 OLB:
30 nickel slide
One splits the DEs a bit further and tucks the buck in behind the NT:
dime buck
And then they run a lot of standard four man fronts.
nickel even
Some of the four man lines will have the buck in a two point stance; I still denote those as four man lines based on the alignments of the DL.
Michigan swaps mostly between man under with one or two deep safeties and a cover three with a few different variants.
PERSONNEL NOTES: Standard rotation up front with Henry/Glasgow/Wormley in front of Charlton/Hurst/Godin. Henry got a lot of playing time after a couple weeks in which Godin was more prominent; Hurst probably played the best of anyone. Ojemudia got almost all the buck snaps until he was hurt, and from that point it was RJS.
LB was Morgan and Bolden with a scattering of 4-3 snaps that featured Ross. The secondary did not have Stribling so it was Clark/Peppers/Lewis/Wilson/Hill for the vast majority of the game. When in a 4-3, Clark left. When in a dime, Dymonte Thomas entered.
Michigan continued flipping Peppers and Lewis between outside corner and slot like they did last week.
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Monday Presser 10-5-15: Jim Harbaugh
You said the other day that you thought Mario [Ojemudia] would most likely miss the season with an Achilles [injury]. Is that the case, and who do you look at to step up obviously with him being out this week?
"Yeah, that's…that is the case. Look at- look within our roster, look within our defense. It's a…don't know exactly who yet, but I mean, you know the guys."
How long have you known Pat Fitzgerald and could you talk about any background with him?
"Yeah. Great competitor. Background would be starting with I was Stanford, he was at Northwestern. First crossed paths on the recruiting trail. Sized him up and said, 'This guy's a fine, fine coach and great competitor.' He's done a fabulous job. He's a great coach.
"And got to know him this summer. Came to our football camp and did a tremendous job talking to the campers and sharing football lessons and life lessons with them. Thought it was fabulous. And his football team is a tremendous football team, so, you know, everything you look at with Pat Fitzgerald is really good. Admire him."
Watching them on film, what impresses you most about their defense?
"Athletic. Mike Hankwitz does a great job. They react as athletic and fast as anybody we've seen. No. 18 [Anthony Walker] is as good a player as we've faced, so all those things. Really good scheme. Great team defense. Leading the country in points allowed. I think that's the thing mainly is this team reacts and flows to the ball as good as you're going to see in college football."
Going back to the reference of sizing up Pat Fitzgerald, with the defense of Northwestern No. 1 and you guys right behind them, have you given this a lot of thought as far as [being] a battle of the defenses? Is this a big game in your mind for both defenses, yours particularly?
"Well, that's part of it, yeah. Offense, special teams; all equal parts of the game."
But given the ranking for both defenses, do you feel like it's a bout or-
"No, the two defenses won't go against each other. They won't face each other, so look at it the way you always look at it: it's three phases, and you want to win each of those phases."
[After THE JUMP: "I'm paraphrasing here, but how many hits can you take and keep coming back? So pull up that clip. Sylvester Stallone did it well."]
I'll Believe In Anything; You'll Believe In Anything
- 2015 maryland
- blake o'neill
- blake o'neill was in infinite jest
- desmond morgan
- game columns
- game theory
- jabrill peppers
- jake rudock
- jake rudock is a sad ghost
- jehu chesson
- jehu chesson is so charming opponents escort him to the end zone
- mario ojemudia
- maurice hurst
- punt returns
- redshirt
- tyree kinnel
- willie henry
10/3/2015 – Michigan 28, Maryland 0 – 4-1, 1-0 Big Ten
fight or fliiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaargh [Patrick Barron]
"I mean ... there were a couple plays where they got first downs. We've got to look at that and correct it. They shouldn't have anything."
-Maurice Hurst
"I BELIEVE" seems like one of the most fun things to say at full bellow. You are in thrall to whatever it is you are busy believing in. You are ejecting spittle that contains within it the virus that will pass the belief on to those blessed by its impact. You have left the constellation of niggling doubts and pressing issues behind for at least three syllables. It sounds like a good time.
With neither Catholics nor Michigan fans prone to bare-chested, cloth-rending proclamations of that sort, I haven't had many opportunities to test this theory out personally. Once I when I was a teenager I ended up in a place where super serious teenagers were hanging out and speaking in tongues and the like. Yes, the reason was a girl. No, it didn't take.
But anyway in the aftermath I have occasionally found myself lingering on late-night exploitative religious television with equal parts scorn, sympathy, and jealousy. While the pompadour'd reverend is immediately repulsive, I get the flock's desire.
Just give me a sign, Lord. Just give me a sign. I will take this sweaty dude's earpiece radio telling him details from the card I filled out. I'll take anything. My God, this dude is sweaty. That wasn't directed at you, necessarily, Lord. You probably know about the sweaty guy already. Sorry.
Just give me a sign.
He is really sweaty though.
Here is what this game was like: Michigan punched in the first touchdown of the game early in the third quarter. When Maryland got the ball back, the play by play announcer gamely attempted to maintain the general public's waning interest by noting it was "just a two score game."
Unless it's the Big Ten West you're talking about, in modern college football you don't have to say that in the third quarter. You don't have to say it until there are about five minutes left, and that's only if someone's out of timeouts.
Baylor and Texas Tech were a couple hours away from trading 45 minutes of haymakers before falling over in an exhausted heap. Tennessee hired Mike DeBord and now specializes in blowing three-score leads. Indiana—Indiana minus its starting tailback and quarterback!—took three separate Ezekiel Elliott uppercuts and still staggered its way back to attempt a potential game-tying drive. They got a 79-yard touchdown run from that quarterback made out of popsicle sticks. Their attempt to tie only ended because a relatively obvious pass interference call in the endzone went unnoticed.
Indiana. Indiana's bench.
These days a two score lead in football is slightly more meaningful than one in basketball, but you could be forgiven for forgetting that during any particular Big 12 game. Anyone turning off a game because two scores separate the sides is ravenously hungry and can't turn on the toaster and the TV without blowing a fuse or has something seriously wrong—like Lions fandom—with them.
Not right now, not against Michigan. If you find yourself two scores down against Michigan it's time for a priest and a eulogy. "BYU: at least they're already saved." "Maryland: if you pay really close attention you can tell they tried."
I mean, maybe not forever. Anything this good is bound to regress to the mean and get various holes poked in it and fall over breathing heavily. This isn't even typical Michigan fan bleating, it's just a fact. The ultimate fact of the universe is entropy. Ask Ohio State, currently struggling to nose ahead of MAC teams and Indiana after returning almost literally everyone of importance from a team that blitzed Oregon and Alabama to end last year. Ask the water on Mars. Ask Devin Gardner. Chaos reigns.
Michigan now faces back-to back undefeated top 15 opponents. A year ago this would have been time to stock up the bunker and wait for the bombs to fall. Even when the Harbaugh Hail Mary was gloriously completed, we collectively told ourselves we were going to keep expectations on the level. Hopes stopped at "this is a nice 8-4 season that feels very nice and also like football mostly."
It's dumb to go past that even now. Reasonable expectations are a nice thing to have. The poison of ridiculous ones is evident down the road. I've been here before, latching on to the things that seem good and saying maybe it'll happen this time. I have gotten naught but misery for my troubles.
But each three and out, each time a Michigan defensive lineman shoots through a gap he should not be able to pierce, each bewildered quarterback throwing a ball he sort of hopes is complete but mostly just wants out of his hand—all of it sucks me closer to the event horizon. Within it all reason is lost and the future is a horde of pending victims in our war against the galaxy.
Outwardly I am still too Michigan to cry it out, the thing that is fun to say. But on third and long—and there is always a third and long—my eyes dance with blood. Just give me a sign, Lord.
Also, the BTN profiled Amara Darboh:
Known Friends And Trusted Agents Of The Week
Now named! Named like so because this is the nicest thing Harbaugh can say about you.
you're the man now, dog
#1 Desmond Morgan was actually relevant this week. He was also terrific, with a difficult diving interception on a deflected pass, two pass breakups besides, and nine tackles.
#2 Maurice Hurst edges out the rest of the defensive line with two ultra-badass TFLs, one a sack on a three man rush, one an extremely similar play where he dumped the RB in the backfield.
#3 Blake O'Neill delicately located two punts inside the five, had a 59-yarder, and was extremely important for field position in a field-position-heavy game.
Honorable mention: All defensive persons. Drake Johnson. Jake Butt. The offensive braintrust.
KFATAotW Standings.
5: Chris Wormley(#2 Utah, #1 Oregon State)
3: Jake Butt (#1 Utah), Jourdan Lewis (#1 UNLV), De'Veon Smith(#2 Oregon State, #3 BYU), Ryan Glasgow (#1 BYU), Desmond Morgan (#1 Maryland)
2: Ty Isaac(#2 UNLV), Jabrill Peppers(#2 BYU), Maurice Hurst (#2 Maryland).
1: Willie Henry (#3 Utah), AJ Williams (#3 Oregon State), Channing Stribling(#3 UNLV), Blake O'Neill(#3 Maryland)
Who's Got It Better Than Us Of The Week
This week's best thing ever.
Jehu Chesson gets loose on a jet sweep and puts a Maryland safety in an early grave before outrunning the other guy to the endzone.
Honorable mention: Perfectly called Drake Johnson screen goes for touchdown; perfectly called Jake Butt screen goes for 44 yards; every defensive play except about six.
WGIBTUs Past.
Utah: Crazy #buttdown.
Oregon State: #tacopunts.
UNLV: Ty Isaac's 76 yard touchdown.
BYU: De'Veon Smith's illicit teleporter run.
Maryland: Jehu Chesson jet sweeps past you.
This week's worst thing ever.
A Jake Rudock NO NO NO YES throw hits Sione Houma in the hands and bounces up to a defender, thus prolonging the first-half slog significantly.
Honorable mention: Even though Michigan got it back, Ty Isaac's second fumble felt a lot like a promising guy eating bench for half a season. Also Isaac's first fumble.
PREVIOUS EDBs
Utah: circle route pick six.
Oregon State: Rudock fumbles after blitz bust.
UNLV: Rudock matches 2014 INT total in game 3.
BYU: BYU manages to get to triple digit yards in the last minutes of the game.
Maryland: Slog extended by deflected interception at Houma.
[After THE JUMP: sad ghost rudock, tuff ghost defensive line]
One Frame At A Time: UNLV
I've coped with the "no cheering in the press box" rule by laughing at the absurd. This happened often when Denard Robinson played quarterback; since then, not so much.
I laughed maniacally at this.
[Hit THE JUMP for thunderous hits, great cornerback play, a long touchdown run(!), and Yip Yips.]
Upon Further Review 2015: Defense vs Utah
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FORMATION NOTES: Michigan spent the entire game in nickel save for scattered snaps in a dime package with three safeties (Hill, Thomas, Wilson) on it. Their first drive they came out in an odd front featuring the buck as a standup end:
Either they weren't happy with the play there or it was just a stunt, because after the first drive Michigan spent most of the rest of the day with an even four-man front:
On occasion they'd do this or something similar with a standup end; this pinched formation saw a hard line slant that got Wormley through for one of his impressive penetration plays:
And that was about it. Michigan spent the entire game with one very deep safety—generally 15 or more yards off the LOS; sometimes they'd offer a two high look but they always came down with one or the other presnap.
PERSONNEL NOTES: Line was mostly Henry/Glasgow/Wormley/Ojemudia. Matt Godin got the most time of any backup, spotting both Wormley and Henry frequently and pretty effectively. Charlton played a reasonable number of snaps behind Henry as well. Maurice Hurst was mostly a passing down sub for Glasgow; he did get a few standard down snaps. RJS saw a little bit of time.
At linebacker it was mostly Morgan and Bolden. Gedeon got a drive; Ross got a couple. Secondary was Lewis/Peppers/Wilson/Hill 100% of the time and a mix of Stribling and Clark at the last spot. Thomas got some snaps in the dime package.
[After THE JUMP: battling a very spread out spread]


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Falmouth SSA Member Brings Board Consensus On Fast-Ferry Proposal
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
In a dramatic act of leadership that swept away two months of tension, threats and personal attacks, the freshman member of the Steamship Authority board of governors yesterday led his board into a unanimous vote of approval for a two-year pilot high-speed ferry program between New Bedford and the Vineyard.
"This institution has been plagued with baseless innuendo that threatens to paralyze the ability of it to move forward," declared Galen Robbins, the Falmouth boat line member appointed to the board in late August.
The approval was accompanied by 13 stiff conditions that must be met by Dec. 20, including a stipulation that New Bedford drop its lawsuit in federal court and a written agreement from the city that it will pay half of any operating loss incurred by the test ferry program.
Mr. Robbins said if all 13 conditions are not met by Dec. 20, the deal is off.
"I can tell you now that I will not vote for this unless [all the conditions] are realized," he said.
The much-anticipated vote came during the monthly boat line meeting in Woods Hole yesterday morning. Mr. Robbins has been under almost ceaseless personal attack by both the city of New Bedford and Vineyard SSA member and board chairman J.B. Riggs Parker since he led a 2-1 vote last month to kill an earlier version of the pilot high-speed ferry project.
Yesterday a second proposal that was less expensive and shorter in duration came before the board again for a vote.
Mr. Robbins later drew warm praise from a variety of camps for his leadership and courage in the face of heavy pressure.
"They should tear a page out of Profiles in Courage and write his name on it," declared Carl Pimental, a New Bedford resident who attended the meeting.
"It's nice to feel that the Steamship Authority is back in the hands of the Steamship Authority - Galen, thank you very much for what you did today," said Vineyard businessman Steve Bernier.
"Nantucket appreciates your leadership," said Nantucket legislative liaison Tim Madden.
In a prepared statement, Nantucket governor Grace Grossman censured New Bedford city solicitor George Leontire for his attacks.
"It is obvious that Mr. Leontire's objective is to disgust and discourage Mr. Robbins and myself by his personal attacks. Mr. Leontire's tyrannical outbursts will not succeed," she said.
Mr. Robbins upstaged Mr. Parker, first quashing a vague, open-ended motion promoted by Mr. Parker for the pilot ferry project. Mr. Robbins then made his own detailed motion to approve the project with its strict set of conditions.
For the second month in a row, Mr. Parker treated Mr. Robbins with open disrespect on procedural matters. In a short round that sounded a little like the Abbott and Costello "who's on first" routine, Barnstable boat line member Robert O'Brien made the first motion to adopt the high-speed ferry project, and Mr. Parker seconded it. Mr. Robbins moved to amend the motion, but Mr. Parker would not allow the amendment. Then Mr. Robbins offered to make a substitute motion and Mr. O'Brien offered to withdraw his own motion on the project in favor of Mr. Robbins's motion. But Mr. Parker refused to withdraw his second. He then led the board through a charade discussion on the first motion, even though he had seen Mr. Robbins's motion ahead of time and knew what it contained.
"What, are we trying to suppress discussion here?" he said to Mr. Robbins when Mr. Robbins tried to move the process along by calling the question.
Mr. Robbins has brought a new chemistry to a boat line board that has been rocked by internal problems in the last 10 months. Mr. Parker has presided over board meetings with a heavy hand, and the atmosphere at the monthly meetings has become brittle and rife with unsavory behavior.
Yesterday there was a change in tone. Even Mr. Leontire, who has spent the last month attacking the Falmouth and Nantucket governors, suddenly struck a diplomatic tone.
"I believe today has the potential for being one of those historic moments in the history of this region," he said, adding: "Mr. Robbins has raised a lot of concerns and we have responded to those concerns. Mrs. Grossman, I know we don't see eye to eye, but New Bedford people are to a great degree the children of Nantucket because of your whaling history. Relations have been strained, but hopefully we can repair those relations."
Mr. Leontire's newfound tact drew an immediate barb from Mr. Pimental, owner of the Billy Woods Wharf in New Bedford, where the ferry Schamonchi docks. "I didn't hear you address yourself to the way Mr. Robbins has held up under a barrage of eight hours of deposition," Mr. Pimental said.
Among other things, last month after Mr. Robbins voted against the high-speed ferry project, the city of New Bedford summoned him for an eight-hour deposition under the guise of the pending lawsuit in federal court.
The lawsuit charges that the boat line violated restraint of trade laws.
The meeting yesterday was attended by nearly 100 people, including many public officials from the Vineyard, Falmouth and Nantucket.
Opinions from Vineyard officials were mixed about the pilot high-speed ferry service; some urged the boat line board to approve the pilot program and some urged the board to reject it. Nantucket town counsel Paul DeRensis urged the board to turn the program down, calling it financially unsound. Later in the meeting, Mr. DeRensis also announced that Nantucket will intervene in the federal lawsuit to protect the interest of the boat line - especially its licensing authority.
Mr. DeRensis said papers were filed in court yesterday and will not be withdrawn unless the city actually withdraws its complaint.
"We have decided to no longer sit on the sidelines and watch New Bedford's tactics," he said.
If all the conditions are met, the boat line will now execute a bare boat charter with the Nichols shipyard in Washington state to lease a 499-passenger high-speed ferry for about $1 million a year for two years. As part of the deal, the boat line will also take immediate steps to sell the Schamonchi, which it bought early this year in a surprise move for $1.7 million.
Other conditions required before the fast ferry test program can proceed include the following:
* A written agreement with New Bedford allowing the Steamship Authority to use the State Pier in New Bedford for freight service next year.
* A written agreement to terminate the existing contract with the owner of the Billy Woods Wharf, with New Bedford paying half the cost of any settlement with the owners.
* Agreements with New Bedford for the city to develop a 900-car parking lot, and also for the city to modify the State Pier terminal for a passenger waiting area - all at the city's expense.
* A plan by the boat line to set aside $75,000 to study the impact of the new ferry service on both Falmouth and the Vineyard. New Bedford is to pay half of this expense.
Mrs. Grossman tried to add an amendment requiring the city to pay for all the boat line's legal expenses in connection with the federal lawsuit, but the amendment failed.
In the end, Mrs. Grossman drew an expression of surprise from Mr. Parker when she voted to support Mr. Robbins's motion.
In his own statement yesterday, Mr. Robbins recounted the events of the last month and described a boat line board that he said "has been rudderless with no leadership."
He said: "It has been a very difficult and challenging time for this board and myself over the last 30 days." In pointed language, he ticked off the events:
"Potential partners have acted like schoolyard bullies. Appointing boards have wielded significant influence on the process that may turn away those who seek to serve the public on a volunteer basis. I have been told by financial advisors not to look at the numbers. The legal system has been abused and time and money has been wasted. . . . All because of a vote I made on Oct. 18 based on fact and what I believed to be the best decision."
In the end Mr. Robbins concluded that the most important task is to is put a fractured boat line board back together.
"It is a question of moving forward and eliminating barriers, regardless as to how baseless they are. It's about somehow weaving this board, this institution back together again and focusing our energies on future initiatives that will strengthen the Steamship Authority," he said.


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apparently the guy has been out of town for the last few weeks and his wife put it on CL and he got like a hundred calls on it. he just got in this morning and this afternoon(after looking at the ad 5-6 times) i gave him a call. one other kid had seen it and called back in tears cuz his mom wouldnt buy it for him, saying " the first ************* to see that thing is gonna buy it.":grin: $950 factory chrome kit, 185000 miles carby, no ps. still has orig. bill from dealer and a folder FULL of receipts dating back to 86'.
heres some pics:
the rest and my 91 loyale
added a few more of the goodies that came with!!
Edited by Subruise, 31 August 2010 - 01:12 AM.


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Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned down a $550,000 offer for Dancing with the Stars.
The troubled actress is attempting to get her life back on track at the moment, although she is still thought to be experiencing financial difficulties. Charlie Sheen lent her money to pay her tax bill recently and she was reportedly only paid $100 a day for her role in new film The Canyons.
Despite this, the 26-year-old has apparently ruled out making money from reality TV.
"Sources close to Lindsay tell us, the actress was made several offers to join the DWTS cast this upcoming season - offers that maxed out at $550,000," reports TMZ.
"But Lindsay... shut them down, telling friends she'd never consider doing reality TV."
A representative for the US TV dancing contest has refused to comment on the reports. The programme has previously seen Pamela Anderson and Kim Kardashian competing.
Lindsay has apparently told friends she wants to put all her efforts into her acting career, which has suffered lately. It's unknown when The Canyons will hit screens and it's been widely reported that the star was difficult on set, with the crew having to strip off themselves to make her comfortable before a nude scene.
The star has previously dismissed the idea of appearing on a reality show after she was linked to UK series Celebrity Big Brother. She claimed to be too "busy" acting to consider the programme.
Although her professional life is beset with difficulties, personally Lindsay is doing better. She has been linked to Max George of British boy band The Wanted recently, although it was thought their dalliance had fizzled out.
However, it seems things are back on with Lindsay posting a picture of herself posing with Max on Instagram. The stars appear to be in a hotel room and seem relaxed and happy in the image.
It comes following claims he has introduced Lindsay to his family, and after he called her a "groupie".
"She was good to party with, but there's definitely not going to be any babies on the horizon," Max previously said. "She can party nearly as hard as we can."


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By teikjoon.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Lego monster
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The Reds are hosting a contest that's impossible to win
The Cincinnati Reds are hosting a promotion this year that will award one lucky fan with a brand new truck if any particular Red happens to hit the truck with a home run. The truck is perched in center field, 500 feet away. It's a neat promotion. Except that it's physically impossible for anyone to hit the truck.
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Labels: advertising, baseball, contest, dumb move, fraud, sports
Street Art: Making a chain link fence beautiful
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Cosplay: Midna from Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
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Install a miniature parallel world on your ceiling
Clever interior decorating idea from Ji Lee. Click through for a closeup. Via.
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Labels: home, interior design
WSJ writer discovers his children prefer a five-year-old computer to a One Laptop Per Child laptop
That was the rub: Out of the box, the XO lags behind in its ability to browse today's Web in all its multimedia glory. Even after I upgraded the XO with Flash software, it didn't smoothly or quickly play animations or videos -- the screen tended to jump around, games stalled while loading, video clips stuttered so much they were unwatchable. That ruled out most online video and Web-based games -- no videos on YouTube, no "Flight of the Hamsters" game on Cartoon Network's site, which even our five-year-old desktop PC can handle.
Seems like it was just last week that Yves Behar won a design award for the device.
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Labels: dumb move, reviews, technology
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
The author of Jane Eyre plays sleuth in this enchanting historical from Rowland, acclaimed for her mystery series set in 17th-century Japan (The Snow Empress, etc.). After the instant success of Jane Eyre and the lesser success of her two sisters' novels, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, Charlotte Brontë receives a letter from her publisher, George Smith, accusing her of breach of contract: Smith believes the same author penned all three novels, as they each appeared under a pseudonym with the surname Bell. On the train from Haworth to London to meet Smith, Charlotte and sister Anne encounter Isabel White, a mysterious girl who, once in London, is murdered. Charlotte becomes ensnared in a case involving a revenge plot orchestrated by an arch villain shaded with old school orientalism. Brontë fans will delight in Rowland's portrait of Charlotte, who closely parallels Jane both in personality and station. The men playing opposite Charlotte often echo the character of Edward Rochester, lending an enticing will-they, won't-they tension to the proceedings.
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
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Watchmen Vietnam War Army Patch
Found here. Apparently a bit of swag given to people who worked on the movie.
*Previously: Awesome U.S. Military Patches.
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Labels: advertising, alan moore, military, movie, patch, watchmen
Sunday, March 30, 2008
How do you illustrate silence?
In December 2001, Marvel experimented with the "'Nuff Said" event, in which comic books featured little to no dialogue. The results received some criticism, although I enjoyed Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's New X-Men #121, which revealed the origin of Professor X's sister. So, how did the cover artists try to get the silent concept across?
Well, some went the obvious route:
Some tried something a little more subtle:
Some illustrated the exact opposite:
And some pretended it wasn't happening:
But the cover of Peter Parker: Spiderman # 38 was definitely my favorite:
Covers found here, here, and here.
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Labels: comic book covers, comic books, cover, marvel, spider-man
Inflatable street art by Joshua Allen Harris
Fast forward 35 seconds in this video of "Air Bear"
And this video shows "Street Zoo"
A lot more pleasant than the last street art I mentioned. Via.
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Foam cups crushed to the size of thimbles by ocean pressure
Last August, as a team at the North Pole prepared to plunge more than two miles to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, some of the dozens of specialists who staged the dive engaged in a time-honored ritual: drawing on foam cups, decorating more than 100 of them.
The cups were then gingerly sent into the deep. During the historic dive, led by Russian scientists, the pressure of the surrounding water crushed the cups to the size of thimbles, also squeezing their whimsies of writing and drawing.
Afterward, the tiny cups became instant mementoes of the polar dive, offering striking proof of the descent into an unfamiliar zone and silent testimony to the crushing power of plain old water.
Photos here.
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Robot Bride and Groom Wedding Cake Topper
From the Builder's Studio. It's currently on sale in this Etsy store. I previously interviewed its creator.
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Labels: cake topper, etsy, robot, weddings
Slave Leia Amigurumi
Just one of many Star Wars amigurumi figures by Geek Central Station:
Click here to see more in the Flickr gallery or go here for the Etsy shop, which currently has Han and Chewie on sale and also features Lord of the Rings figures.
*Update: There's an interview with the artist here.
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Interactive retrospective of Al Jaffee's fold-ins for Mad magazine
Here's the very cool interactive retrospective.
Here's a NY Times article about Jaffee, who is 87 and still creating fold-ins.
Relatedly, there's some cool fold-in effects starting approximately 30 seconds into Beck's video for "Girl"
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Iron Man figurines available with Slurpees at 7-Eleven
Photos here.
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Labels: advertising, comic books, food, marvel, toy
How To: Refill a disposable Brita filter
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(Very Doable) Dr. Manhattan Papercraft
Download the template toward the bottom of this page.
*Elsewhere: Dr. Manhattan Marvel Legends style action figure, Dr. Manhattan custom Lego minifig.
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Labels: alan moore, papercraft
Homemade Scrump Plush (Lilo & Stitch)
As I've mentioned before, Lilo & Stitch is easily my favorite Disney cartoon. Lilo carries around a deformed little stuffed animal she made herself called Scrump. Raúl Villanueva teamed up with his wife to make one for their daughter.
*See also: Burn-E paper toy.
*Buy Scrump toys at eBay.
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Sidewalk Psychiatry
Some jerk is messing with people's heads in New York by spraying ominous looking comments on city streets:
I wonder how many people were having perfectly nice days until they read the comments. More here. Via.
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How To: Make Tetris Fridge Magnets
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Labels: how to, projects, video games
Friday, March 28, 2008
X-Files 2 Movie Poster
Found here.
(My all time favorite X-Files episode was the one with Luke Wilson.)
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Labels: movie, movie posters, poster
10 dumbest action figures
Well, 10 needless figures in toy lines. These are actually all pretty old. I'm sure someone could come up with a more recent list. Build-A-Figure Blob comes to mind. Was anyone buying a figure just for the chance to build him? Notice: no bids.
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Photo of Desert Rat Bertie
Larger version here.
(By the way, the comic book this terrific toy is based on is not good.)
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Now this is how you park cars
Larger version here.
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Grocery stores have it exactly backward
They should provide a special lane and extra service to carts overflowing with items. Good idea found here.
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10 least popular jerseys from the past 10 years
That's gotta hurt.
*Previously: A Premier League soccer player buys lots of his own jerseys to seem more popular.
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Labels: embarrassing, sports
CBS reporters were with Clinton during the non-dangerous Bosnia landing
So why'd it take months for someone to challenge Clinton's claim to have landed under sniper fire? Link.
Relatedly, a terrific Freudian slip by one of Clinton's advisers.
*Previously: Video proves Clinton WAS in grave danger during the Bosnia trip.
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Funny: How to read between the lines in a newspaper article
The Post:
Microsoft has been so cagey about the candidates it plans to nominate to Yahoo!'s board that speculation is mounting that the software giant actually doesn't have anyone lined up.
The invisible footnote: Our once-cooperative sources at Microsoft don't see any reason to keep us updated on negotiations. Here's a reason: Talk or we'll make up things and call it "speculation." We won't make up nice things.
Keep reading.
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Labels: old media
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Great Star Wars Ad: Use only in case of Sith
Click through to see it lit up. Via.
Spike sure is spending a lot of money advertising old movies.
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The top WNBA players are playing for some shady rich Russian
and making big money and being treated like princesses. But it's not all fun:
Taurasi joined her on the Dynamo roster two winters ago, reuniting the two friends from their UConn days. Still, because of difficulties with the coaches and a brutally cold winter, that 2005-06 season was so unpleasant it wore down even relentlessly upbeat Taurasi. She compares it to the episode of "Married With Children" when the Bundys travel to Lower Uncton, an English town living under a constant dark cloud. Lower Uncton became her code for anything that went wrong during the season.
"My goal was to make one Russian smile a day -- one Russian," she said. "That lasted a couple days and I gave up."
(I loved the Bundy's trip to England.)
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Video proves Clinton WAS in grave danger during the Bosnia trip
Funny sign: "Last chiropractor 'til freeway"
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Obama falsely claims he was conceived during the Selma marches
He says his parents were so moved by the freedom marches that they conceived him. Alas, he was already three years old at the time. Link.
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A US company is selling shoddy ammunition to the Afghanistan government
Shoddy might be generous:
Much of the ammunition comes from the aging stockpiles of the old Communist bloc, including stockpiles that the State Department and NATO have determined to be unreliable and obsolete, and have spent millions of dollars to have destroyed.
In purchasing munitions, the contractor has also worked with middlemen and a shell company on a federal list of entities suspected of illegal arms trafficking.
Moreover, tens of millions of the rifle and machine-gun cartridges were manufactured in China, making their procurement a possible violation of American law. The company's president, Efraim E. Diveroli, was also secretly recorded in a conversation that suggested corruption in his company's purchase of more than 100 million aging rounds in Albania, according to audio files of the conversation.
The company is run by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur. Link.
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Detailed discussion of how much Gawker bloggers get paid
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Video: Tron sweded
Uploaded by freres-hueon
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LA Time's report on P. Diddy being involved in the Tupac shooting was based on a hoax
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Funny: Boy embarrassed to use father's pink DS draws himself one on a folded piece of paper
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Jones Soda to feature LOLCats on their soda labels
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Wikipedia's list of sexually active popes
For example, Pope John XII (955–963) "was said to have turned the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano into a brothel and was accused of adultery, fornication, and incest." Link. Via.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Lego Futurama
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Holographic sea monster
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this water fountain/light show thing to promote the movie The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep was way cooler than the actual movie.
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Labels: advertising, movie, video, water
Advance Wars Papercraft
Lots of Advance Wars paper toys. Via.
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Labels: nintendo, papercraft, video games
Warning, bamboo is taking over the world
So says the WSJ:
So Mr. Bothwell whacked the stand with a machete. It grew back. He bought a pickax and tried digging up the roots, a process that traced a 30-foot arc across his once-pristine lawn. One month and two broken shovels later, he rented a Bobcat minibulldozer and a big metal trash bin, acquired 14 gallons of poison and bought 24 cubic yards of dirt to fill the resulting hole. Total approximate cost: $1,500.
One year later, a single shoot appeared. "It gave me ... the final salute." Mr. Bothwell says. "I was like, 'Mother of God.' "
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Labels: environment
Scary: Four foot long rabbit
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"Animated" Transformers toys are now on sale
Pictured are Bulkhead and the Veritech-style Starscream. The entire set is available at Hasbro's shop.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
WWE Vinyl Toys
Mankind and The Undertaker are just two of the upcoming WWE Vinyl Aggression toys.
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Nendoroid Death Note Vinyl Figures
Made by the Good Smile Company, these poseable little figurines are loaded with ominous personality. They're from a series called Death Note and are on sale here and here.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
DC Comic Pulp Heroes Cover Gallery
Back in 1997, DC Comics featured painted pulp-style covers on all of its annuals and called the event "Pulp Heroes." I wish this had become an annual event.
Pulp Heroes Checklist
Adventures of Superman Annual No. 9 cover by Laurel Blechman
Action Comics Annual No. 9 cover by Doug Beekman
Aquaman Annual No. 3 cover by Glen Orbik
Azrael Annual No. 3 cover by Glen Orbik?
Batman Annual No. 21 cover by Joel F. Naprstek
Legends of the Dark Knight Annual No. 7 cover by Gary Gianni
Shadow of the Bat Annual No. 5 cover by Glen Orbik
Catwoman Annual No. 4 cover by ?
Detective Comics Annual No. 10 cover by Glen Orbik
Flash Annual No. 10 cover by Joe Chiodo
Green Lantern Annual No. 6 cover by Gary Gianni
Hitman Annual No. 1 cover by Laurel Blechman
Impulse Annual No. 2 cover by Glen Orbik
JLA Annual No. 1 cover by Gary Gianni
Nightwing Annual No. 1 cover by Joe Chiodo
Robin Annual No. 6 cover by Laurel Blechman
Starman Annual No. 2 cover by Tony Harris
Superboy Annual No. 4 cover by Gary Gianni
Supergirl Annual No. 2 cover by Joe Chiodo
Superman Annual No. 9 cover by Glen Orbik
Man of Steel Annual No. 6 cover by ?
Teen Titans Annual No. 1 cover by Dan Brereton
Wonder Woman Annual No. 6 cover by Doug Beekman
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President Obama says he supports same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to come out in favor of the issue. Host Michel Martin looks at what it means for the November elections, and for an issue that many Americans view in religious or moral terms. Martin speaks with two religion reporters: Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches and David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Will Same-Sex Marriage Rile Faith Leaders?
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Foundations Of Computer Graphics Technology
This course provides a foundational overview of computer graphics. The topics include the applications of computer graphics in today's world, basic technical elements of computer graphics, a review of current and future career opportunities in the field, and areas of potential research and study in computer graphics technology.
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Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children Review
Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children (from now on VV2) is the sequel to the well-received Virtual Villagers, which hit the App Store several months ago. The series has reverted to the original developer, Last Day of Work, and the change brings a new art style. The simulation gameplay, however, is as good as ever… provided you're willing to check in on your game frequently, over long periods of time.
Upon startup, the game explains that two adults went exploring away from their primitive village and ended up on a previously undiscovered side of a desert island, finding a mysterious group of hungry, lost children. What would you do in that situation? Find food and build a fire for them! With the aid of the tutorial tips, you quickly learn how to manage life on a desert island from a '˜god perspective' (hint: don't expect worship). Villagers wander around the island 'Looking excitedly at everything' until you pick them up and drop them onto certain areas to trigger an action. For instance, if you want one of your villagers to fish, you pick them up by holding your finger on them and drag them to the ocean. The controls are thus very simple, and also very intuitive.
VV2 is a real-time game, which means that the villagers' lives continue even after you get back to your own. This can be a good or bad, depending on your attention span and interest. We think it's a great feature because the game necessarily lasts much longer than many other games. On the downside though, this feature makes gameplay a bit slow, as you usually just pop in, manage some lives, and then jump out. For people interested in business management and simulation, it's great, but others might not warm up to it. The only modes of gameplay available are '˜play' or '˜start over'–barring the opportunity for running multiple villages at the same time, which is disappointing.
There are five basic actions that your villagers can perform: Farming, Building, Research, Healing, and Parenting. The first three have physical areas designated them (like a workbench for Research), and the last two are people dependent: you drag one villager onto another one who's sick to heal him or her. Be careful, though. If you drag a man onto a woman, or vice versa, they may just find a place to listen to some smooth jazz. That's how parenting starts, and if the villagers make a baby, the mother will nurse it until it grows.
The more each villager does their assigned task, the better they get at it. This information is summarized on the Villager Detail screen, which gives you a character's general information, a very blurry portrait, and an overview of their skills. To the right of their skills is a box you can check to tell them what skill you'd like them to specialize in, and they will promptly carry out your orders indefinitely, unless you drag them to another task. As mentioned before, there are several children on the island, and you the ability to create more. They can start working on the five main tasks when they turn 14, but not before then! You'll find no endorsement of child labor here… but you can use them to collect special items you happen to spot whilst playing. These items can be anything from mushrooms to butterflies to beetles, each with different benefits.
There are some events which do a good job of breaking up the gameplay, basically involving a situation and a choice between two actions, each with a consequence. Also, the outcome of research is tech points, which go towards making new discoveries in the fields of Farming, Medicine, Exploration, Engineering, Science, and Culture, which all add new factors to the game. Lastly, there are a variety of puzzles and milestones which you to have to figure out on your own (the first one is given by the tutorial). Advice: remember to assign your villagers to tasks that will sustain the village while you're gone. If you don't, the consequences could be dire.
In conclusion, Virtual Villagers 2 offers up a similar experience to the first game, albeit with new goals and events. The art isn't as good, in our opinion, but if you like simulation or management games, you ought to enjoy what this title has to offer.


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So i just watched post game and apparently Jason Larue's face is mangled by a cueto Kicks to the face.
On top of that carpenter has cleet marks on his back.
Thats pretty much a no doubter. Way to go cueto.
whats your guesses at how long>?
2-3 weeks minimum?


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Savannah State University police arrested an off-duty juvenile corrections officer on felony drug charges Friday.
University police notified Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Internal Affairs that 31-year-old Kevin Biggins of Savannah was in a student dorm room on campus when arrested, announced Avery D. Niles, commissioner of the DJJ.
Police said Biggins is enrolled as a student at the university. Before his arrest, Biggins was employed at the Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center.
Police reported Biggins was taken into custody after an officer discovered Biggins allegedly concealed a plastic bag containing two prescription bottles and 13 small bags filled with marijuana in his clothing, according to a DJJ news release.
Biggins then allegedly directed the arresting officer to a handgun in a drawer where the officer also discovered an unmarked prescription bottle containing an illegal stash of oxycodone.
Biggins was charged with felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm on school property. He was booked in the Chatham County jail.
Following the arrest, Niles announced he would order immediate administrative action for Biggins' suspension from all duties at DJJ.
Niles said there was no immediate evidence to indicate Biggins may have moved contraband into the state detention facility where he worked. The commissioner ordered an immediate internal affairs check into all contraband incidents reported at the Savannah facility for any possible connections involving Biggins.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (CBS/AP) — It's all about the odds.
With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.
The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you.
The chances of winning the estimated $600 million prize remain astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. That's how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. But lottery officials estimate about 80 percent of those possible combinations have been purchased, so now's the time to buy.
"This would be the roll to get in on," said Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. "Of course there's no guarantee, and that's the randomness of it, and the fun of it."
That hasn't deterred people across Powerball-playing states — 43 plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands — from lining up at gas stations and convenience stores Saturday for their chance at striking it filthy rich.
At a mini market in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, employees broke the steady stream of customers into two lines: One for Powerball ticket buyers and one for everybody else. Some people appeared to be looking for a little karma.
"We've had two winners over $10 million here over the years, so people in the neighborhood think this is the lucky store," employee Gordon Chan said as he replenished a stack of lottery tickets on a counter.
Workers at one suburban Columbia, S.C., convenience store were so busy with ticket buyers that they hadn't updated their sign with the current jackpot figure, which was released Friday. Customer Armous Peterson was reluctant to share his system for playing the Powerball. The 56-year-old was well aware of the long odds, but he also knows the mantra of just about every person buying tickets.
"Somebody is going to win," he said. "Lots of people are going to lose, too. But if you buy a ticket, that winner might be you."
The latest jackpot is the world's second largest overall, just behind a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. The $600 million jackpot, which could grow before the numbers are drawn at 10:59 EDT Saturday, currently includes a $376.9 million cash option.
Charles Hill of Dallas says he buys lottery tickets every day. And he knows exactly what he'd do if he wins.
"What would I do with my money? I'd run and hide," he said. "I wouldn't want none of my kinfolks to find me."
Clyde Barrow, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializes in the gaming industry. He said one of the key factors behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot — people are interested in the easy investment.
"Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small," he said. "Two dollars gets you a chance."
That may be why Ed McCuen has a Powerball habit that's as regular as clockwork. The 57-year-old electrical contractor from Savannah, Ga., buys one ticket a week, regardless of the possible loot. It's a habit he didn't alter Saturday.
"You've got one shot in a gazillion or whatever," McCuen said, tucking his ticket in his pocket as he left a local convenience store. "You can't win unless you buy a ticket. But whether you buy one or 10 or 20, it's insignificant."
Seema Sharma doesn't seem to think so. The newsstand employee in Manhattan's Penn Station has purchased $80 worth of tickets for herself. She also was selling tickets all morning at a steady pace, instructing buyers where to stand if they wanted machine-picked tickets or to choose their own numbers.
"I work very hard — too hard — and I want to get the money so I can finally relax," she said. "You never know."
Officials will conduct the drawing live Saturday night from Tallahassee, Fla.
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Have a Sony Vaio desktop P4,1.6Ghz.At boot up the cooling fans increase in speed and when the OS(XP) begins to load the fans return to normal(slower) speed.
Whenever I have booted a Linux "live cd" the fans always stay on hi-speed.Recently have installed a second drive as slave with FC4 and when
it boots and the OS loads the fans stay on hi-speed.
I have checked for any type of options in the bios but have only saw where the actual fan running speed is listed and no provision to fiddle with the settings.
Thought of setting the FC4 drive as master to see if that matters but thought to check here if anyone has knowledge of the fan settings at boot.


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Costa Rica
The Central Valley's outlying towns boast temperate, dry days, natural beauty—and so much more.
Costa Rica is where you go to live the lush life. It is lush with nature—misty rain forests, extraordinary wildlife, active volcanoes, and fabulous beaches—as well as such comforting amenities as malls, supermarkets, restaurants, museums, and social clubs. U.S. retirees have flocked here for years, drawn by its mild climate, its prosperity (relative to other Central American republics), its literacy rate, its health care, and, significantly, its stable government—with no army. Another plus: Costa Rica's commitment to a thriving natural park system that is second to none in Latin America. This is as biodiverse a country as you'll find anywhere.
Whereas many beach-loving expats have settled in the resort towns and villages along the Guanacaste "Gold Coast" on the Pacific, the majority opt for the Central Valley, which is home to the capital, San Jose, and 70 percent of the Costa Rican (or"Tico") population. The outlying towns and villages of the Central Valley offer temperate, dry days and natural beauty, as well as the culture, hospitals, and shopping of nearby San Jose. (Regarding the weather, expats here like to brag that they can fine-tune their micro-climates by moving up and down the hills.)
Though not the bargain it was a decade ago, Costa Rica continues to draw moderate-income retirees to affordable Central Valley expat havens such as Grecia and Atenas (which claims "the world's most perfect weather"). In 2007 Army vet Ron Keller, 64, moved from Washington State to Atenas, where he designed and built his own house in a gated community. "I wanted a change in my lifestyle," he says. Keller reports living comfortably on his military pension and Social Security, and is happy with his move: "Would I make the same decision again? Without question."
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Texas retirees Skip and Donna Anderton, 63 and 58, moved to Costa Rica in 2009, and are renting a three-bedroom house in the town of Magallenes de San Ramon while building their own home. Skip says that they do nicely on $2,000 a month and praises the "excellent and economical health care." Their one frustration? They didn't learn Spanish (but are taking lessons now). Nevertheless, he says, "There are a lot of Ticos who speak good English, and those that don't go out of their way to communicate in some way There is a lot of sign language and a lot of smiling. Everyone is most helpful."
what to expect incentral valley, atenas
Two distinct seasons, rainy (May to December) and dry (January through April); variations between mountain and lowland regions, but generally warm temperatures and tropical humidity.
An estimated 50,000 Americans live in Costa Rica; approximately 15,000 of them are legal residents.
Higher than other Central American countries—and the government has pulled back somewhat on its once-fabled retiree benefits—but still affordable. Expats report living comfortably on $2,000 a month. Domestic and garden help: $2 to $3 per hour. Dinner for two: $30.
Attractive houses can be found for $100,000; a three-bedroom, two-bath house in a gated community costs about $200,000 (prices much higher on Gold Coast). Rentals: Year-round rents can be as low as $500 per month or as much as $1,000 per month, depending on location and size.
Excellent. Costa Rica is known for the quality of its health care. Many doctors and dentists have trained in the United States or Europe. The private hospitals Cima San José and Clinica Biblica in San José are accredited by the United States' Joint Commission (JCAHO). Residents can belong to inexpensive CAJA, the national health service, but private insurance is widely used.
Abundant outdoor activities, from rain-forest hiking, zip-lining, scuba diving, and fishing to golf and bird-watching. Nightlife, theater, concerts, and museums in San José.
Excellent. There are nonstop flights from San José to major cities on the East and West Coasts.
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FAMILIES who have experienced the loss of a baby will take part in a memorial service early next month.
Port Macquarie couple Angela and Steve McWhirter will remember their firstborn, Madeline, during the Blessing of the Angels service on December 2.
They lost Madeline during her birth.
"You never forget," Mrs McWhirter said. "Every day you think of your child but we just make it [the service] more something to look forward to."
Blessing of the Angels has become a family event with the couple's sons Harrison, 9, Hamish, 7, and five-year-old Flynn attending, too.
Mrs McWhirter said the Blessing of the Angels service was a special day.
"It's very emotional but at the same time it's fulfilling," she said.
The couple encourages parents and other family members who have experienced the loss of a baby to come along to the service.
"I think people need to be aware it can help and it can lessen the pain a little bit," Mrs McWhirter said.
"You have that special occasion to remember."
Her husband agrees. "People there have been through a similar experience and you can talk freely to people about what has happened," he said.
The annual service is open to anyone who has lost a baby through miscarriage, birth or shortly after birth.
People are encouraged to bring a present in memory of their child with the gifts donated to the Salvation Army's Christmas appeal. The service will be at the St Thomas' Anglican Church with the assistance of Port Macquarie Base Hospital chaplain Leanne Smith at 11.30am on December 2. The angels' names are called during the service and each family lights a candle in their child's name.
If you would like any further information about the service or the group, call Martie Kuhn on 0413 596 903.


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I am a bookbinder from Singapore and I am looking for an apprenticeship with a bindery to further improve my skills. There are no where I can apprentice or learn bookbinding here hence I am looking to relocate and better myself in bookbinding.
I have been doing bookbinding since October 2011, and went to Japan in December 2012 to take lessons with 2 Japanese teachers. Please recommend any bookbinders or binderies that are looking for an apprentice and I will send my resume and portfolio.
Thank you everyone!


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Looking for a tank/WW2 game that can only on newer ipads
Hi all...just upgraded from an original to a three and I am trying to track down an tank/WW2 app that got pretty positive reviews but would only run on newer ipads. Anyone know which game I am referring to? I also believe it was pretty pricey.
Any help here would be great, thanks!
Any help here would be great, thanks!