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David Moyes has launched a bid to take Everton full-back Leighton Baines to Manchester United, according to the Times.
Moyes was announced as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor last month and has reportedly being eyeing up a raid for two of his former players, Baines and midfielder Marouane Fellaini.
While a move for the latter has failed to materialise, according to the Times Moyes is interested in taking Baines to Old Trafford with him.
The newspaper reports that the offer for the 28-year-old is believed to be in the region of £10-12 million, although Everton chairman Bill Kenwright will likely fight tooth-and-nail to keep hold of one his key players.
Indeed, according to Sky Sports, Everton have already rejected Manchester United's offer out of hand.
Baines recently revealed he was looking forward to working under new Everton boss Roberto Martinez - however a chance to move to the reigning Premier League champions may prove too hard to resist.
Manchester United appear well-stocked in the left-back department with Patrice Evra, Fabio da Silva and Alexander Buttner on their books.
Should Baines make the move to Old Trafford, Evra at 32-years-old is the most likely to be moved on.
The England international enjoyed a fine season with Everton last time round, and earned a spot on the PFA team of the year.
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"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
I enjoy the WBC, I do get caught up in the competition, and I like seeing position players on my favorite team participate in it. But I don't particularly like seeing pitchers on my favorite team participating in it, the injury risk to pitchers does concern me.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
In a way, it's very similar to how many Americans view the WBC today. Whether that view will be the same in 50-100 years, I don't know? As baseball grows in popularity in Asia and Europe, I could definitely see a future in which some of these leagues decided to bump up their level of play with backing from Middle Eastern financiers. If they could get over history and politics, I don't think it's crazy to imagine the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese, with help from Persian Gulf-based backers and Russian Oligarchs, banding together to form an Asian Major League to compete on the level with MLB. Who knows with Europe? Baseball could take off like wildfire or fizzle out. However, based on the experience the Home Nations had in International Soccer, I think it's better for MLB and the US to embrace and encourage the global growth of the game rather than keep to itself and let others take the lead.
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
I'm looking forward to it. It's pretty much the only international option anymore since they took baseball out of the Olympics (which really ticked me off). I also like that they're putting more restrictions in place for pitchers/managers.
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Can't win without 'em
But the audience is still somewhat closed. And MLB isn't getting the best players, just the best available players. Mexico and Japan both have systems that prevent their best players from joining US teams until either late in their careers or with the posting of huge fees. Baseball is expanding into so many countries, and with a billion plus in china to pull talent from, how long before Asia starts to if not dominate the player pool, certainly they can see a larger percentage. 20 years? maybe 30?
This was going to happen, and it will likely gain popularity around the world, once people in these countries realize the economic gain to be had. To say the best players are here is true, but it is also short sighted. Expansion on a global scale will happen. Leagues with talent equivalent to MLB is just a matter of time.
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-- Joseph Daniel Votto 7/10/2017
Cue the Spalding World Tour refresher.
Because something that happened 125 years ago is relevant today? Sure, sometimes it is.
60 years ago every team was traveling by train. Now, none do that. The Pirates fly to play the Phillies. The Reds Fly to play the Indians. I bet the Dodgers fly to play the Padres.
Is it really so hard to see suborbital flights to Asia that take under 3 hours in the next 50-60 years? If so, Is it really so hard to see MLB as a global entity, With divisions in Europe and Asia, perhaps even Africa and South America? We have one team in Canada, used to have two. Is it so hard to imagine a franchise in Mexico City? Not tomorrow, maybe not in ten years, but it WILL happen. Because it has to. Because you just know this has been discussed, and will continue to be discussed by MLB brass.
The NFL has almost zero appeal outside the U.S. The NBA does better, with European leagues. But baseball, that's the U.S. sport with global appeal. Maybe Hockey is on a par with it around the world, but mostly just Europe. And hell, Hockey ain't that popular here.
"There was like a softness to it, a glow to it. I felt... I felt warm."
-- Joseph Daniel Votto 7/10/2017
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The Harvard women's soccer team won nine games, including four Ivy League contests in 2010 (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's soccer team posted its fourth straight winning campaign under head coach Ray Leone, as the Crimson boasted a 9-7-1 overall record and went 4-3-0 in the Ancient Eight.
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Look At Diane von Furstenberg's Apartment; Now Drool And Covet, In That Order
For their March issue, Diane von Furstenberg let Architectural Digest into her Meatpacking District home so the world could see exactly how the designer lives when she's not hard at work. And oh wow, does she ever live like a queen.
The massive space that sits above her flagship store and just steps away from the High Line is a stunning apartment filled with charm, quirkiness and art. Although the designer calls it her "tree house," it's not exactly what The Swiss Family Robinson had in mind.
It's also not exactly in the Park Avenue area that one might expect such a place. Speaking about her choice in neighborhood, von Furstenberg said:
"Everybody told me when I came to this neighborhood that I was crazy—that it was full of drag queens, that it smelled awful because of all the butchers. All of that is true," she continues. "And yet in a weird way the cobblestone streets remind me of Belgium."
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By Jim Garamone
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June 14, 2007 – It is too early to discern trends out of the U.S. troop "surge" as part of the Baghdad security plan, defense officials said here today. Speaking on background, the officials discussed the quarterly report to Congress, titled "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq."
The report was released yesterday, but the cut-off for data in the report was May 14. "It is too early to assess the impact of the new way forward," a senior defense official said.
The final U.S. brigade combat team does not become operational until this week, the official said. The State Department has set up the enhanced provincial reconstruction teams, and the Iraqi government itself is gaining more confidence as it moves forward. All these are indicators, but need time to mature, the official said.
The official said there was some progress from February to May. There has been a change in the character of attacks, and there has been some economic progress. "But at the same time, I think it is important to recognize that oil production -- the principle economic driver in Iraq -- remained at the same levels as in 2006, as did electrical generation," the official said.
On the political front, few legislative initiatives have been completed in the reporting period, but some work has been done to move initiatives forward, the official said.
Overall, both positive and negative indicators are in the report, the official said.
Some of the data was expected, officials said. More Americans are in Baghdad, and they are in more neighborhoods. The number of attacks against U.S. forces is up, as are U.S. casualties, a senior Joint Staff official said. Also U.S. and Iraqi security forces concentrated on Baghdad and its surroundings, and there was a decrease in sectarian killings in the area, the official said. "This was expected, but there is nothing in this report that suggests a sustained trend," the official said.
Both officials stressed the need for political progress and said the Iraqi legislature has not made the progress needed. "We believe that the Iraqi government has yet to take advantage of the time and space that has been provided for them to move forward on these key reconciliation issues," the senior defense official said. "We would have expected, hoped and liked to have seen a hydrocarbons law being implemented."
U.S. officials would have liked a De-Baathification law passed and agreement on provincial elections. "The entire purpose of the surge was to improve the security situation so that there could be movement in reconciliation initiatives," the official said.
The next quarterly report will contain data collected through August, officials said. "We'll have a better idea of where our mission in Iraq stands then," the official said.
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The Department of Children and Families is trying to raise awareness about human trafficking.
Countless thousands of women, children and migrate workers are being forced to work against their will here in Florida.
Governor Rick Scott signed a proclamation designating January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
DCF Secretary David Wilkins says his department is helping more than a hundred former child sex slaves recover and is being helped by a network of communities throughout the state.
"We now have human trafficking work groups and support functions in just about every community in the state and that new awareness and those new individuals who see this as a call to action is exactly what we need, to not only identify the problem but to get more people engaged in helping those who are in trouble," said David Wilkins.
Last year the state legislature passed a bill creating safe houses for people caught in the sex trade and another bill to exempt sex slaves from being prosecuted on prostitution charges.


text: At upcoming meetings, the Sharon Board of Health plans to discuss raising the legal age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products. Health Administrator Bridget Sweet said the board will likely bring up the issue Monday and at least one subsequent meeting before taking a vote. Exactly how the board might change the town's tobacco policy, and what age it might set, have not been determined, she said, but the board is looking at other Massachusetts communities with similar rules. As of Aug. 1, Belmont raised the age from 18 to 19 in an effort to keep tobacco away from high school students. Monday's meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Sharon Community Center.


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(In your best John Facenda voice rising over NFL Films music) Lambeau Field ... It soars into the air out of an otherwise ordinary residential neighborhood. It smells great around here because the folks really know how to tailgate.
And today, it could be the site of the Dolphins most impressive victory of the season so far.
Think about that. Let it marinate.
The Dolphins are treading water at 2-2. But as I wrote in the column I wrote in today's Herald, Miami has hope they can still be champions because, well, there are no great teams in the NFL this season. Please check out the column as it tells you in Brandon Marshall's and Yeremiah Bell's own words what they think of their chances.
For both players to be correct, today is a big day. The Dolphins have won on the road twice already but, let's be honest, this opponent offers a much greater challenge than either Buffalo (0-5) and Minnesota (1-3). The Packers are Super Bowl contenders, if you ask anyone around here, and they have won three times as many games already as Miami's previous two opponents combined.
And unlike Miami's previous opponents, these Packers have a complete passing game. That, in my opinion, is the greatest untapped weakness of the Miami defense. Yes, teams have run the ball with some success. But it's the pass defense that definitely worries me. We'll see today -- with Aaron Rodgers at QB for Green Bay -- how that defense holds up.
Jared Odrick is in the house, folks. I'll have an update on his game status along with the inactives as soon as they're available. And, of course, we'll have the live blog at kickoff.
[Update: Odrick and John Jerry are inactive. Randy Starks is starting at RE while Paul Soliai continues as the starting NT. Pat McQuistan will start at right guard ... The complete list of inactives is Marlon Moore, Thigpen as the No. 3 QB, Austin Spitler, Robert Rose, Patrick Brown, Jerry, Jeron Mastrud and Odrick.
For the Packers, the only inactive you need to care about is that Clay Matthews is on the list. He's out.]


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I'm not even as fascinated by the 50-foot tall dude as I am by the fact that the close-end hoop in that picture is either floating or supported by a guy wire from the ceiling.
Unverified Voracity Spawns Baby Courtside
The chaos! Illinois finally came through on its promise to be an agent of chaos in the Big Ten title race by going on a 13-2 run to beat Indiana; the final bucket was a wide-open layup off an out of bounds play that went down when Cody Zeller lost Tyler Griffey. Court-rush: approved.
Here is John Groce screaming at a shirtless child I hope is not his.
I hope it popped out of a woman at courtside who was not even pregnant.
The implications are large for Michigan. Indiana has now dropped two league games and has visits to OSU, MSU, Minnesota, and Michigan on tap along with a home outing against the Buckeyes. Michigan's tough games left are @ Wisconsin, @ MSU, MSU, and Indiana. Advantage M. While OSU and MSU are proving they are going to have a say in this, the most likely outcome of the season is that the M-IU conference finale will see one team playing for an outright title, the other for a share. Last night's stunner—I think Gasaway will let me get away with that—shifts the outright half of that to Michigan. Viva Illinois chaos machine. Don't make me take this back after your visit to Crisler, kthx.
Meanwhile for, you know, the Illini: their quest to be an at-large team with an under .500 conference record is looking pretty good right now. Adding Indiana to their pile of skulls gives them the good wins of a top four seed and they've got a few more shots at adding to that pile. I think even 7-11 might get them in now. Beilein's bubble resumes with 20-12-ish teams were considerably worse since the Big Ten wasn't nearly as good and they didn't have a pair of nonconference wins on par with Gonzaga/Butler, and on Selection Sunday they were easily in.
I mean:
- MICHIGAN 2011: 19-12 regular season, 9-9 Big Ten, best wins over 10-seed Penn State, Dayton-bound Clemson, 9-seed Illinois, 10 seed MSU (2x).
- HYPOTHETICAL 7-11 ILLINI 2013: 20-12 regular season, 7-11 Big Ten, best wins over (CTD projection) 3-seed Gonzaga, 2-seed Indiana, 4-seed Butler, 4-seed OSU.
That Michigan outfit ended up nowhere near the bubble, finding themselves in that 8-9 game against Tennessee. Bubble teams are weak yo.
So… who wants to play a John Groce team that consists of a bunch of shot-jackers who can burn your tourney to the ground if you catch them on the wrong day? That's nobody, especially not me. This time Michigan won't see them, though.
Oops. Will Sheehey got a technical late in the first half.
This is either the best thing ever or Bob Knight yelling at librarians, which is also the best thing ever. From Midnight Maize's erroneously named "Crap You Wouldn't Buy On EBay" series:
Someone purchase this and send it to Wolverine Historian.
Words are very unnecessary here.
OSU highlights. A comprehensive reel from MGoVideo:
That sequence of Sam Thompson block to Burke three to Deshaun Thomas missed three to deflected Stauskas pass to Deshaun Thomas three was all sickening lurches back and forth.
Also in OSU video bits, Five Key Plays.
OSU takes from Grantland. Mark Titus's power rankings spend a lot of time talking about how Ohio State should be about as giddy as you can be about a loss, lending credence to our "man OSU played well" meme. As for Michigan:
As giddy as I am over Ohio State's performance in Ann Arbor, a small part of me can't help but acknowledge the obvious — the Buckeyes played their best game of the season and Michigan still won. Similarly, Michigan didn't play very well at all at Indiana over the weekend, yet the Hoosiers beat the Wolverines by only eight. This is terrifying. Michigan is taking the best shots of some of the best teams in the country while not playing anywhere close to their best, and they're still tough to beat. They just have too many weapons, especially now that Mitch McGary is coming around. Very few guys in America can contain Trey Burke one-on-one, but if you decide to help too much to stop him, Tim Hardaway Jr., Glenn Robinson III, or Nik Stauskas will make you pay. The only hope in beating Michigan is to hope several of their players have off nights (like they did at Indiana). I guess you could also try to beat them at their own game and get into a shootout, but unless you're Indiana or Florida, good luck with that.
He cites Michigan's recent three binge as a source of concern. If they have to keep knocking down threes at a 50%+ rate to win games that will indeed be a worry. I tend to chalk that up to randomness and Tim Hardaway going nuts.
Also, all those makes obscured the fact that only 40% of Michigan's looks were from deep. That's only a little high. D-I takes 'em at a 33% clip and Michigan is at 36%. If Michigan had shot a D-I average number of threes against OSU we're talking about four shots migrating inside the arc. I'm not sure that's anything to get exercised about, especially after Michigan was right on the average against Indiana.
I do think he's got a point about Michigan getting deep-jumper happy at times. Like, say, the end of a tie game.
Also on Grantland, Shane Ryan puts up ten things about the game. I disagree that the Burke block was even close to a foul, as he asserts. The last one probably was, sure, but Michigan didn't win this game in regulation by five so whateva. Ryan does slam the heroball bit.
Revise your self-reality-checking. Michigan has gone from 5-1 against to 7-2 against in Vegas. They're now co-favorites with Florida. Also, add this great shot from John T Grelick to both Tim Hardaway's photo pantheon and the rapidly growing Stauskas pantheon:
And you could stand to update you wardrobe, too. Your media meme of the moment is something about Urban Meyer SECizing the Big Ten. The sole piece of evidence cited is increased recruiting budgets at a lot of schools. This is not much evidence. Michigan, the one school to keep pace with OSU's recruiting, actually saw its budget fall this year. Ohio State's is up marginally… and 9th out of the ten schools that responded. Meanwhile the schools that saw massive increases are Nebraska, which is an outlier since they just changed conferences and have gone national in an attempt to replace lost clout in Texas, and teams coming up to the Big Boy average without positive effect on their recruiting.
Nevertheless, the meme is on high today after Meyer said something about learning up his peers on the whole recruiting shazaam:
"Our whole conversation [at the Big Ten coaches meeting] needs to be about 'How do we recruit?'" he told the radio station. "When you see 11 of the SEC teams are in the top 25 that's something that we need to continue to work on and improve."
He called the recruiting discussion "essential," and he'll spearhead it Monday.
Urban Meyer's perception of this meeting:
What everyone else hears:
This is what they hear all the time anyway.
Fitz! Running! A nasty dual break of Toussaint's lower leg results in running ten weeks after:
"Saw him running around -- I was shocked," Jackson said Wednesday. "The kid had a broken leg. Ten years ago, that probably wouldn't have been the case. But he was running around the other day and I don't know if they had him cut, but to me, that's tremendous progress."
As previously noted, the average recovery time of soccer players who suffered the same injury would see Fitz available for the season opener. While everyone's hyped about Derrick Green, it's nice to have multiple options—especially ones versed in Michigan's blitz pickup schemes. And putting a redshirt on DeVeon Smith might be nice.
File under extreme writer envy. Charles P. Pierce, writing on the Ed O'Bannon suit, summarizes one of the running themes appearing in this space for years in a paragraph:
By and large, the people charged with running our various sports conglomerates have proven through history to be as incapable of taking the long view of their own survival as the average brachiosaurus was. They blunder around, eating whatever comes under their noses, trampling the scenery and hooting loudly into the wind. They never see the meteor coming.
Writer jealousy: engaged.
Hugh Freeze going all Lance on us. Ah, youth:
I'm so irritated right now, so forgive me," the Ole Miss football coach said. "I've taken it about up to here with all the media and the Twitters and everybody."
Up next: 7 SEC championships, denials, dating Cheryl Crow, more denials, epic wristbands, tearful Oprah confession.
This Week In We Are Not Iowa. Michigan is trying to assemble a stripeout for… the Penn State game. In basketball. I don't think this will work. Next time go for the Brownian-Motion-Out, you guys.They're wearing 1968 throwbacks, which are actually 1968 throwbacks if the items they're selling on the MDen's site are accurate. As such, they are uniforms, no Z. I actually like them better than the current outfits.
Etc.: ESPN comprehensive photo gallery from OSU. You know what bugs me about the Magic thing? Magic averaged over eight assists per game. 17 and 7 is impressive; 17 and 8 is like whoah. Also whenever it gets brought up my feed fills up with Spartan fans contemplating a raid on Bristol. Kansas lost to TCU! Hoke doesn't like recruiting deregulation. Also, don't freak out about the video: that is not Chantel Jennings looking freakily like Samantha Ponder, it is Samantha Ponder.
The annual Detnews Blue Chips player interviews are a bit less interesting than usual. Reschke slams Urban Meyer, guys not recruited by Michigan are a little bitter, etc.
Two thoughts reading the quotes in the Blue Chips article:
1. Why would State not offer a 6'5" 290 lbs OL who was good enough for Florida?
2. I've never been a big fan of cheering for anyone else in the Big 10, but "I'm a good eater. I can put it away." has me rooting for Gerald Holmes to have a nice career (outside of games against us).
Dillard is a head scratcher alright. I get why Michigan didn't offer him based on our haul, but why not MSU? Either Florida picked up a prize, or MSU (and all of the recruiting sites, in Sparty's defense) really got it wrong with this guy. It does say something when a kid commits to Florida and the sites still don't give him four stars.
In other interesting news, Florida took 4 OL in this class, and Dillard was tied with one other kid as the highest of the four according to Rivals. I guess Florida can only recruit the small guys - of Florida's ten highest rated recruits (they had 10 who were 5.9 or higher), only one of them weighs more than 229 pounds.
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Charlie Pierce is a national treasure. If he started writing eloquently about gaming, he'd be the best writer on the planet about my three biggest areas of interest.
I hope it popped out of a woman at courtside who was not even pregnant.
"Sickening lurches" is the perfect way to describe how I felt.
It is interesting that last night Indiana, playing on the road, only went to the line 14 times as opposed last Saturday when they got to the stripe 25 times against the nation's #1 team in committing the fewest fouls.
12 of those were us intentionally fouling to extend the game, which I don't think Illinois ever had to do.
The ridiculous one is the 40 they got against Minny, even with 12 or game extending foul shots.
No, it's not. On Saturday, 12 of IU's attempts happened in the final 1:42 on 6 UM fouls, most of which occurred after UM started fouling to extend the game. The FT thing was an overrated part of that final box score. I dont think Michigan really fouled that much during the course of the game, which is pretty standard. Take those six hacks out and MICH is right at their season average basically of fouls.
IU wasnt as aggressive as they usually are, went long stretches in between Zeller touches, last night. Thus, no fouls. Thought both games were officiated pretty fairly
Draw what conclusions you will but the facts are Indiana goes to the line significantly more often at home than on the road. So unless Creen has them playing a different defense or their offensive sets are different, there is only variable I see that would account for the disparity if foul shots.
Pretty sure everyone gets calls at home (EXCEPT US! CONSPIRACY!).
There were a couple issues with the officiating against Indiana (continuation, Hardaway's back to back identical plays that were called charge and then block), but it was mostly us not shooting.
Hmmm, I dont know about that
At home, in 5 B10 games, IU averages 28.2 free throws a game
On the road, in 5 B10 games, IU averages 23.4 free throws a game
Is 5 more "significant" as you assert?
They've had as many 30-plus FTA games at home as on the road (2-2)
They've had as many 20 or below FTA game at home as on the road (3-3)
Getting to the free throw line is a clear team strength and they carry it on the road and in nuetral site games. But, you're free to believe what you want
Small sample size, but a 20% increase is a pretty significant difference, I'd say. In fairness, they've played better teams more able to keep things close at home than on the road.
Home: Minny, Wisconsin, PSU, MSU, Michigan
Road: Iowa, PSU, NW, Purdue, Illinois
I hadn't looked before, wow is that schedule front loaded for them. Their last 8 are pretty brutal with home games against Nebrasketball, Purdue, Iowa, and OSU and road games against every other ranked team in the conference.
Yes. IMO 20% disparity is significant when the only variable is the officials. I dont have the time to investigate it I wonder if ALL B1G teams get a 20% free throw increase when playing at home? It would seem to me that your assertation that all is fair and equal would be proven if all teams get to shoot 20% more free throws (as Indiana does) at home.
Home teams win a lot of game in CBB. When you win games, you often shoot more FTs just from the various end of game situations that play out when the trailing team extends the game with fouls
Lets compare IU, the #2 FT Rate team in the country, to the #1 and #3 teams and the next two best B10 teams. Thats Villanova, New Mexico, Minnesota, Iowa. lol, what a weird group. Conference games only.
Nova: Home FTAs, 28.2; Road FTAs, 22.4
New Mex: Home, FTAs, 21.8; Road FTAs, 15.4
Minny: Home, FTAs, 24.2; Road FTAs, 17.2
Iowa: Home, FTAs, 28.2; Road FTAs, 19.0
These teams at least get a bigger percentage increase in FTAs at home vs the road than Indiana. Maybe Carver-Hawkeye should be the Hall Of Calls.
My only points are Indiana's ability to get to the line is a legit strength that travels with them; Saturday's FT edge had WAY more to do with end game situation and not Michigan being whistled all night long with a 40-minute parade to the FT line; and that drawing a terse parallel between FTAs in Saturday's IU win over UM and IU's loss last night, as was done above, is poor analysis, but also some bitter sour grapes from said poster.
I for sure buy the competition angle you bring up. But even there, IU's numbers are pretty consistent. When they play good teams, with talent, who can guard them to any degree, they get in the high teens, low 20s FTAs, regardless of venue. When they play crappy teams that dont have near the amount of talent to hang with them, they'll get over 30, regardless of venue.
I just think it does a complete disservice to Indiana for the poster to be blaming officials.
This is a good post. And yeah, Saturday the team that played better won. Good for them.
I still say the Minnesota game was bullshit though.
I wouldn't argue with the guy, he has descended into full Archie Bunker mentality. Any foul on Michigan against IU proves he's right, and no amount of evidence to the contrary is going to change his mind. He is one of those people who, every game, focus more on the officials than the players. Not a fun way to watch bball imo
IU was the better team all game and M was fortunate to keep it to an 8 point differential.
M is going to have to play Oladipo and Zeller different at Crisler. I've noticed Oladipo is unstoppable if you let him get a head of steam going, but pressure him in the halfcourt and he is turnover prone (file this under easier said than done). As for Zeller, he was feeding off Oladipo quite a bit, but there were still too many occasions where McGary simply lost Zeller in the half court. Specifically when McGary didn't put a body on Zeller on the weak side, and Zeller went right around McGary for a dunk, also, early in the game, McGary let Zeller saunter into the lane on a left hand dribble and shoot an easy four footer. Pretty sure that shit didn't play well in the video room.
Looking at raw foul numbers may not be the best way to see if the game is fairly called because it doesn't take into account the idea that on a neutral the potential or them not getting many of those calls. It's the combination of the total number of fouls in addition to the makeup of those foul calls... I.e. were they ticky tacky etc.
Cam Dillard's Detroit News interview was the best...asking those questions has to be like being the reporter that has to go to the loser's lockerroom afterward:
"Why not UM? No offer.
Why not MSU? No offer.
I'd rather play SEC SPEEEEEEEEEEEEED anyway."
That's a Groce child? You don't even know the kid, you shouldn't be slamming him like that.
I'm not sure why people are concerned about M's 3pt reliance. Like Brian said, they don't really shoot that many and b), they are one of the best 3pt teams in the country with one of the 4-5 best individual 3pt shooters in the country.
M has shown over 23 games that they can hit the 3 very well. even off nights are 4-14. the team is too balanced are too good to worry about offensive production. EoG jumpers, sure. Help D, sure.
Still hard to believe that game last night. IU controlled the game for 37 minutes. Then, it just slipped away. It was a lot like their Nebraska choke job last winter
Stauskas looks like he really wants Burke to buy that new car.
Also, we'll see about Illinois. They need to keep winning
But how relevant is it to compare Illinois resume to a bubble team's resume from 2 years ago? We should start comparing them to the teams on the current bubble this year. Not that the conclusion wont be the same, but Illinois needs to be stacked up against 2013 Indy St, Temple, St Mary's, Arizona St and so on. Not 2011 Michigan.
Different years, different bubbles, different competitors in the ring
On the topic of Bob Knight rants, this postgame one (uploaded by WolverineHistorian) from the 1986 game in Crisler (when we clinched the Big Ten title with a blowout win) is a good one. He's pretty low-key for awhile but around 4:25 he sees Don Canham and it gets fun:
Kansas most likely played themselves off the 1 seed line.
Not sure if the remaining schedule favors Michigan. I don't see Michigan winning at Wisconsin or at MSU. The home game against Illinois just became tougher not to mention the season finale at home against Indiana. The Big Ten is brutal this year. I see at least two more losses for Michigan, maybe more. I hope I am wrong.
Why can't we win at Wisconsin? MSU did, and Iowa took them to double-overtime just the other day.
The schedule still favors Michigan. As you mentioned, Michigan's remaining schedule is pretty tough, but Indiana's is even worse. They don't have to travel to Wisconsin, but they do still have to play @OSU, @MSU, and @Minn. No Illinois at home, but they do host OSU. And then the season finale is in Ann Arbor. The Big Ten is brutal for everyone, but Indiana's schedule is especially backloaded.
I think you're looking at our schedule in a vaccuum. It's not an easy finish by any means, but unlike IU, it's not completely backloaded with road games at the other contenders.
There is a lot of basketball to be played and teams will improve or regress, go hot and cold and otherwise surprise us. I see some games as easier than others, but I don't count any of them in the win column just yet.
But between that and the video frozen shot Hardaway probably wants all images of himself destroyed.
And you have to wonder what view one is taking on the "dinosaurs." It's nice to be that little mammal waiting for their extinction, but the big boys could just stomp through the world for many millions of more years than we have, very successfully. So one better be sure it's a really big meteor coming before scurrying out of one's hiding hole.
My life is now complete after being in an Ace .gif
You know what bugs me about the Magic thing? Magic averaged over eight assists per game. 17 and 7 is impressive; 17 and 8 is like whoah. Also whenever it gets brought up my feed fills up with Spartan fans contemplating a raid on Bristol.
True. But OTOH, Magic played in a much more up-tempo era, with more possessions available per game. For Burke to come close to duplicating Magic's averages is pretty amazing. Granted, he does have the three-point shot available and Magic didn't, but I don't think that offsets the lower number of possessions. Teams don't average as many points per game now as they did then.
Magic also averaged over 7 rebounds per game. Not sure the pace was all that different. MSU averaged about 73.5 ppg that year. The regular season average was below that, the Spartans averaged over 86 ppg in their 5 NCAA tourney games.
Separately, I don't think you can blame Zeller for losing Griffey. He wasn't guarding him and he also wasn't guarding the guy Griffey was screening for. He was one over.
I don't blame any one player for what happened. I blame Crean for not playing a zone, forcing a desperation heave. Easiest fucking winning basket with less than a second left, in the history of college basketball
Crean didn't want to use his because it would give Illinois a chance to set up an ally-oop inbounds play. So instead, it is his team that is disorganized and screws up. He also said he would do the same thing (no timeout) if he had it to do over.
I think his guys were just going through the motions, figuring that they were headed to OT.
I don't think IU was going through the motions. IU had 4 of their 5 defenders within about 3 feet of the Illinois bench and NOBODY under the basket. Crazy.
I don't have the stats in front of me but I am 95% certain that teams averaged more possessions per game then than they do now. Part of it was that there was simply less emphasis in general on playing defense.
...isn't better than Magic Johnson. (Was anyone trying to make that claim?) He's still really good, and can be effectively mentioned in the same sentence as Magic Johnson.
Shane Ryan once again proves he's a hack. Yes, I'm ultra biased about those final two fouls but JHC how do you let him get away with his comments? That whole second paragraph needs fisking of the highest order.
Those two fouls changed the outcome of the game? OK SHANE you dummy, let's just forget about:
- The 3-pointer Craft had that wasn't even sort of close to the 1 on the shot clock. Yes, the buzzer should go off but it is ultimately the referee's responsibility to make the call. That's why they put 3 guys out there - so they can watch different stuff. They aren't all supposed to be staring at the guy dribbling the ball. AND
- The flagrant foul would've made the final possession irrelevant, making his point about whether Hardaway's foul was a foul or not relevant.
I like Klosterman, I've come around to Simmons and Titus, but Shane Ryan continually ruins any interest I have in reading Grantland regularly. I'm pretty sure he's putting food in his butt South Park-style because shit is always coming out of his mouth.
Michigan wins at Wisconsin, and I think they will, they are in the drivers seat. If they win at Wisconsin and MSU, which wouldn't surprise me, BIG race is over and M will be BIG champs. Going to be fun to watch it unfold.
If Michigan ends next Tuesday with road wins at NW, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, MSU, it will be as impressive a feat as any BIG team has accomplished in years. Buckle Up.
A full quarter of Urban's class came from the heart of the SEC. If you count Texas as being in the SEC footprint, then it's actually almost half the class. Meyer is a major Dbag, but it's not like he sucked up all the best the midwest had to offer and is now essentially gloating through lecture about how everyone else needs to step up. He did it by raiding SEC land, which is the only way the B1G is going to ever compete with the SEC as a whole conference. Given the playoff structure will reward SOS, compelling other B1G schools to follow suit in recruiting out of the more talent rich south is actually pretty smart. While Michigan kept pace with OSU talent wise, we did it by taking the creme of the crop from the Midwest, primarily. This will keep us a national contender, but I do think we need to become more sucessful at pulling southern prospects north. While Michigan has a moral compass and academic standards that limits how far we will go to land the big southern prospects, what's MSU's excuse? It's not like they're poor, and we all know D'antonio is Meyer without the charm.
Honestly, with the rule changes that now allow for essentially unlimited recruiter functions at schools, the B1G has no excuse not to be doing better job of pulling in some of the nations top talent.
That same Brachiosaurus was the same one who said, "Eff it, life's too short....nom nom nom, yummy leaves".
Brachiosaurus just so happened/happens to be my favorite dinosaur.


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Burda Pleated Blouse 04/2013
Added Apr 26, 2013
by camelia db
Almere, Netherlands
Hello everybody,
Here is my new blouse, the second from this pattern.
The first one i made is a pale rose one that I intend to give it as a present to my sister is just slighly different than this one.
The rose one I finished on the neck line with a bias band, the fabric is just a little bit sheer and I did not want the facing to show, and this blue one with facings ,just as in the Burda instructions .
It is a little boxy I can say, but It feels really great to wear. Very comfortable but with those front pleats a little interesting also. And is very easy to sew.
I did make it a little shorter and I did sew the armholes 5 cm higher as I did not want to show my bra .
Thank you for reading,
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Apr 27, 2013, 08.18 PMby liliv-1
Very nice top ….. I like this pattern very much and the fabric you used makes it even more interesting!!
Apr 27, 2013, 11.50 AMby camelia db
Thank you Mary! x
Apr 26, 2013, 08.20 PMby Mary Athey
its really lovely and the fabric's fab x
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They seemed to have everything in place last night at Miami Valley for a big inaugural card. Everything, that is, but lights. And so Miami Valley went dark on opening night.
The sport's newest harness track closed before it opened as racing was canceled last night at Miami Valley due to a power failure.
The card was set to begin at 6:30, but about 15 minutes prior to the first race the lights started to go out. It was announced to the crowd that racing could not begin until auxiliary generators could be started. Eventually, management gave up and called off the night's races around 8 pm. Last night's scheduled card will be held Wednesday.
Miami Valley had hoped to open with a bang as it had attracted Dave Palone for the first night. With Palone joining Ohio drivers Ronnie Wrenn Jr. and Dan Noble the program featured the three leading dash wining drivers from each of the last three years.
Miami Valley was built to replace Lebanon Raceway and to give owners a better facility to take advantage of laws legalizing racetrack slots.


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Feb 6
Clutch 4 Life
Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012 in Uncategorized
Did you watch the Super Bowl?
Here's a short summary:
Eli Manning was poised.
Tom Brady looked panicked.
Aaron Hernandez dropped two passes.
Mario Manningham caught the one that mattered most.
As you can imagine Manning and Manningham play for the Super Bowl winning New York Giants.
Winners Win
NFL players are generally assumed to be the best players in their sport in the world. While some would argue that the Giants and the New England Patriots were not great teams, they were successful and won when it mattered most.


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University of Houston Cullen Distinguished Professor Suncica "Sunny" Canic today (Dec. 6) will give the annual briefing on mathematics to Congress.
Each year, an individual is selected by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) to give the congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. The briefing's goal is to show that mathematics is useful in many real-life applications and that funding mathematical research is important to keep the United States competitive in the world of science and technology.
The title of Canic's talk is "Mathematics: Leading the Way for New Options in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease."
Canic, director of the Center for the Mathematical Biosciences at UH, will discuss the status of applied math in the United States. She also will report on the stent research performed by the UH math department in collaboration with doctors in the Texas Medical Center.
Coronary artery disease is a precursor for a heart attack, the No. 1 one cause of death in the U.S. Treatment of coronary artery disease entails inserting a stent to keep the coronary arteries open. However, patient-specific decisions on the choice of a particular stent tailored to a given patient's anatomy are still not common practice.
Canic's presentation will show how mathematics provides a quick and inexpensive way to make patient-specific decisions by testing the stent's behavior prior to the insertion into the patient's coronary artery.
"Prescribing mathematical and computer simulations, in addition to prescribing a blood test and an angiogram, is the future of personalized medicine," Canic said.
Note: The congressional briefing is open to the public and will be held in Washington in the Rayburn House Office Building from noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT.
About the University of Houston
The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the nation's best colleges for undergraduate education. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning and strategic industry partnerships. Located in the nation's fourth-largest city, UH serves more than 39,500 students in the most ethnically and culturally diverse region in the country.


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New media has been strongly associated with social media, blogs, and other information technology based content. This content is supposedly unrestricted and free. But in fact it is moderated by the medium of the internet itself, which has inherent and profound limitations. With the advent of maker/hacker spaces and their growing prominence in communities around the world, the phenomena of new media bridging the digital-physical divide -- through digital materialization, and its compliment material digitalization -- creates a new reality that transcends the purely digital modes of supposedly unrestricted production.
Digital materialization a la 3D printing, computer controlled machining, and embodied computing (robotics) has become inexpensive and accessible to non-specialists. Increased accessibility is largely due to the continual development of better methods of abstracting details and essentializing the process of production into an intuitive activity. The consequence of this is that people no longer must be geniuses in order to program computers. This creates a strong democratizing influence on the fields of information technology, computer science, and engineering. Given this reality, people can now produce for themselves the objects that they once were reliant on corporations to produce for them. Hence, these objects have gone from impersonal artifacts to the epitome of self expression.
Material digitization is the compliment of digital materialization. It entails mapping the attributes of an object into a computer model. While at first this technology seems less crucial for creativity and the generation of new media, it enables the replication of material objects in a digital form and thus their alteration and reproduction. This is central to creativity in the context of new media. Furthermore, material digitization renders the digital to material creative process bi-directional, invertible, and recursive; recursion being important in philosophy, art, and engineering.
Eugene Maker Space (EMS) is part of a worldwide social movement of makers and Maker Spaces - facilities established to enable the community to have access to tools and the technologies which are revolutionizing society. EMS provides a workspace, tools, equipment, and the knowledge of its members in order to create a community of collaboration and hands-on learning.
Kassie: make the connection between EMS and 3D printing stronger.
With the support of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, the Eugene Maker Space proposes to hold a series of seminars, presentations, demonstrations, and workshops focused on 3D printing, 3D scanning, and technological literacy; where technological literacy encompasses new media literacy, the amplification of action via cognitive extensions, e.g., computers, cell phones (ubiquitous computing), and embodiment in the post biological world.
Association with the UO Science Library and their 3D compliant TV with active shutter glasses allows additional 3D imaging capabilities. Additionally, the library is supporting 3D imaging technology such as AGIsoft Photoscan allowing for the creation of 3D printed objects based on a simple series of photographs of an object.
In 2014, we are entering a period in which technological advances in rapid prototyping, commonly called 3D Printing, are entering into the mainstream in the United States. Numerous companies exist that will take computer files representing a physical 3D object and produce those items for a fee that is within the budget of most individuals. Furthermore, other companies are producing 3D printers priced for the consumer to bring into the home. The future portrayed in science fiction shows such as Star Trek is very nearly here.
[digital divide]
However, this advance in technology is coming in an inequitable and uneven manner. Certain populations have greater access to the tools and skills necessary to take advantage of these advances, putting other populations at a comparative disadvantage.
The purpose of this grant request is to address the topic of technology and class, race and gender access, use and impacts.
Eugene Maker Space (EMS) is part of a national movement of Maker Spaces - facilities established to allow the population at large to have access to the latest developments in this area. EMS provides workspace, tools, equipment, and other resources while creating a community of collaboration and hands-on learning.
With this grant, EMS will sponsor a series of courses in 3D Printing for local area residents, free of charge to attendees. The courses will cover the basics of creating 3D models using open source software (6 hours of instruction), plus training on use of consumer grade 3D printers, including printing of students models (3 hours of instruction). EMS requests $XXXX in order to hold a total of 3 sessions of this course, including costs for advertising and promotion.
Where are lectures going to be held to deal address the gender, race, and class issues? If at the EMS then how will attract the patrons to cover the race, gender and class issues. Taking a class to Girl Scout troop would work. Taking programs to needy schools be done too.
The contact person for this grant is Mark Danburg-Wyld, who can be contacted at:687 McKinley Street Suite #2 Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-513-2945 (cell) email@example.com
The target audience is the population of Eugene, Oregon. The intention is to especially engage women, minorities, and low income individuals who would otherwise lack access to these technologies. Participation will not be limited based on any demographic criteria. Our intention is to do some outreach to the 4J title 1 schools. We are working with Raquel Gwynn to bring our classes to one of the BEST, School Plus, or Enrichment Classes programs. For these programs we would have to travel to and set up our gear at the schools. Other talks and classes could to be in our maker space.The courses will be taught mostly by members of Eugene Maker Space with expertise in the relevant areas, and we will also bring in some outside speakers for more general talks on a range of subjects. There are no co-sponsors for this project.
Depending the the awarded grant, the class schedule would be flexible, weekdays for the school kids, and weekends for the general Eugene population. Based on the funding level we could do fewer or more classes. It would be about $1000 per three hour class.
The idea is to have a session of classes during a month or so, with time allotted between sessions to incorporate improvements based upon student feedback. The first Sesson will be scheduled for August 2014, the second for October 2014, and the third for February 2015. Classes will be held at the EMS shop. Pre- and post- assessments will be given to all participants to measure learning outcomes. De-personalized data on those outcomes will be published to the EMS website at the conclusion of the project.
Publicity will consist of newspaper advertising, online advertising, and outreach efforts to local schools.


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QB Honored for Scholarship and Character
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale starting quarterback Patrick Witt (Wylie, Texas) has been honored with the Francis Gordon Brown Prize, one of the school's highest undergraduate accolades. The prize is awarded to the student in the junior class in Yale College who most closely approaches the standards of intellectual ability, high manhood, capacity for leadership and service to the University set by Francis Gordon Brown, who captained Yale Football's "Team of the Century" in 1900.
Witt, a history major, has earned a 3.91 GPA at Yale and is on pace to break the school's major career passing records this season after leading the Ivy League in passing in 2010, when he earned All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy recognition. He was recently elected to the football team's Leadership Council for the second consecutive year and has been active on campus and in the community. His extracurricular activities include writing for the Yale Daily News, serving on the Intercultural Affairs Council, and Athletes in Action. He has also spent time volunteering as a guest speaker at area schools and homeless shelters.
Witt joins a distinguished list of recipients of the Francis Gordon Brown Prize, highlighted by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.


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"These numbers are phenomenal," explained Joe Calabrese, CEO and general manager, to the GCRTA Board of Trustees. "RTA is glad to serve more customers this year in every area of service. RTA appreciates that people trust us to get them where they need to go."
Metro Transit in Minneapolis, Minn., also saw ridership increases. Metro Transit finished 2011 with 80.9 million rides, an increase of 3.5 percent, or 2.7 million rides, over 2010.
It's only the second time in 30 years that ridership has exceeded 80 million. This marks the fifth consecutive year ridership topped 76 million, a number not previously achieved since 1982.
For the year, ridership on the Hiawatha light-rail line exceeded 10.4 million for only the second time. just 0.5 percent or 55,000 rides shy of record 2010 ridership.
Northstar finished the year with more than 703,000 rides, just one percent lower than in 2010. That was despite a freight derailment that took trains out of service for several days.


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"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
busted axle carrier tip of the day dont let ur wife drive
i broke a carrier today and caught it on video
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
outch lol i just saw the vid u thort about using the rpm or the tekno heard they are alot stronger than stocks im going to get the tekno ones seens as the wife smashed my front carrier
also i just noticed in the pic you posted is the white paint on ur body flaking off on ur checkerd flag design
yeah i used a rattle can plastic paint as a backer and it has pealed off the lexan paint where the white is. The orange and black seem to be ok, its weird.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
Installed a motor saver airfilter with outer saver, and a dubro 130micron fuel filter
looked at them all and petted them all a little, reassuring them that when the weather warms we will ride again, whispering "soon my babies,soon"...
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Bored my stinger to 15/32 & retuned. Took out reverse and installed foward only tranny gears. Adjusted knuckles jumped repeated. Just trying to burn through that first gallon before I put a riser on the head and switch to 30% =-O.
Modded to the Max
Drive it like its Hot
Forward only kit here too
I just got my new era mount in.. Added the rear adjustable a arms from traxxas. More to come
revo 3.3 in progress
I lifted the wing without touching the mount kit
and drilled holes
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Two days ago I painted my first RC body,Revo Platinum body
Couldn't wait for the track to dry up, gave her quite the beauty treatment
I broke the exhaust header pipe
New body on the 3.3 conversion, just need to put the the motor in.
Heres my new Revo kit I recived a few days ago. It's Awesome. Its almost 1.5 inches longer then stock. I can run the revo body or the funny car body. I can run so many different tire combos on this deal and it looks great. The biggest thing I have seen so far is this thing handles nite and day from stock. It's hooked up in the dirt.
^ How did you extend the chassis?
Jato 3.3, Revo .28 JL Max, Nitro Stampede 3.3
I didn't they did. The place I got it from
I wanna see it run in some mud and or sand. Ha it probably could paddle across water lol
After almost 2 months of sitting i finally fixed my Revo and ran it for about a 1/2 tank in my side yard. Not sure if everyone is this lucky or just me being diligent in storing my engine properly, but it basically fired right up What a huge difference in speed and handling after running my STRC Slash 2wd on a 4000kv motor and a 70c 5000mah lipo at the track.
Oh and the smell. I forgot how much i love the smell of nitro
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
I did tank 1 of my new 3.3 engine break in...
That is kleeeeen!
That is official
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blowed her up....
Revo 2.5R- TMAXX OS .18 - NitroSport 2.5R
Put rpm a arms on with 3.3 chassis and next I will get a......... WHAT! I'm not telling!
Update new exhaust seal tank seal and shock seals
Bringing this back up to the top...
Had a little extra money to spend so I bought a bit of replacement parts for my Revo and Alias. And one goodie: A THS pipe that I got yesterday. I did not change the needle settings from the last time I ran it a few days ago (which was around 50°) to last night (65°) but there was a very noticeable increase in power. Right off the bat it felt like a big block was in the truck and temps were in check; I richened it up just a a little bit just to be sure. The only problem I have is the throttle arm on the Losi carb barrel loosens so if it slips off it will only idle. Waiting for those parts to arrive.
My 3.3 is a RayARacing repinched engine using a piston/rod from one engine and a sleeve from another; slightly modified by yours truly, has a 3.4 Losi carb and now the THS. IMHO, this engine seems to run much healthier, more efficient and satisfies my desire--at this time--for speed and power (I always want more power like the next guy but the money tree gets picked by other family members). No pics as I had to go to my daughter's dance recital last night. I should have bought this years ago.
The Super Derecho
Glad to see this up to the top. I just painted the grey platinum body and mounted some talons on proline f11 wheels to my big block revo. Here is a pic of all my revos. The raptor is my son's I am building for him. No engine or electronics yet. The 2.5 revo is just a roller right now but it's a current project of mine.
One shot.....One kill, no exceptions
Proline raptor.
One shot.....One kill, no exceptions
What do u strip old paint with?
Acetone is good. I don't know if paint will go on it good after that though... Wipe it down good after that.
Spartan Jet Boat
Fiero GTP
Today I made a bracket. The bracket is made from 7075 aluminum and fits my MaxAmps 2600mah battery in addition to mounting the fuel tank. The straps are re-purposed cable ties.
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Today I got a Revo 2.5 so look for updates.


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This is a response to Rita Peterson's Hall Referendum "Cart before the Horse."
I agree with Rita Peterson that the Hall Township voters are being asked to put the cart before the horse. There are fewer students going to Hall than 50 years ago.
I share Ms. Peterson's opinion that Spring Valley needs to focus on bringing in new industry and businesses. There has been virtually no development in Spring Valley for many, many years with one exception, the Walmart Distribution Center. We need business and industrial development, such as what Peru and Ottawa have, before we should even consider spending $32 million on a new school!
Spring Valley is fast becoming a community of senior citizens living on fixed incomes. Wages for younger families are not going up. Exactly where do the members of the Hall Board think people are going to find the money for increased real estate taxes for the next 30 years? Increasing real estate taxes in a community with very few amenities and no job opportunities will certainly not be an incentive for families to move to Spring Valley. Fewer young families would mean even fewer students attending Hall High School.
I graduated from Hall High School. A quality education does not consist of the brick and mortar of the building but rather skilled, dedicated teaching staff. Hall Township voters need to vote no to a new school at this time. Ms. Peterson is right ... we cannot afford a new school!
Jean Babcock
Spring Valley


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Checking in with Brett Myers
Brett Myers is forever emblazoned in Phillies history as the pitcher who
took a line drive off of his coconut and pitched a complete game anyway got the final out of the regular season in 2007, clinching the team's first post-season berth since 1993. His tenure in Philadelphia was a rocky ride from the expectations as a first-round draft pick in 1999 (in the same class as Josh Beckett, Ben Sheets, and Barry Zito), to out-dueling Mark Prior in his Major League debut in 2002, to the domestic abuse incident in June 2006, to a switch from starter to closer and a shoulder injury in '07, to a torn labrum in '09, to his first taste of free agency during last off-season.
Myers' pitching career as a Phillie is best summed up as "what could have been". There was never any doubt that he had the stuff to be one of the dominant pitchers in baseball, but he was never able to put it together after a terrific 2005 season. He had displayed good stuff and more importantly good control during his four-year stint in the Minors from ages 18 to 21. However, in his first three years in the Majors, his strikeout rate left a lot to be desired and he had trouble finding the plate at times.
In 2005, he led an otherwise uninspiring starting rotation in ERA and found a way to miss bats when he added a cutter to his repertoire. He averaged under six strikeouts per nine innings in '04; that number ballooned to 8.7 in '05. Additionally, he finally fell under three walks per nine. His 3.43 SIERA was 11th-best in the Majors among pitchers who accrued at least 150 innings of work. Phillies fans were envisioning a one-two punch of Myers and mega-prospect Cole Hamels for years to come.
While Myers kept the success going in 2006, a shaky first three starts of the '07 season and the health of Tom Gordon led the Phillies to convert Myers into a set-up guy and eventually a closer. He thrived out of the bullpen, compiling a 2.61 ERA while converting six saves and three holds in 18 appearances before a late May shoulder injury sidelined him for two months. He returned at the end of July and it was as if nothing had changed. He made 30 more appearances, compiling a 3.03 ERA and converting 15 saves. The season culminated in storybook fashion when Myers threw his signature knee-buckling curve to freeze Wily Mo Pena for the last out of Game #162. Myers tossed his glove as high into the air as he could, for the Phillies were going to the playoffs.
The Phillies were quickly dispatched by the eventual NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the Division Series, but the Phillies would make a return to the post-season. Myers did not play an integral role in the team's regular season success, but he made a name for himself in the playoffs for peculiar reasons. Against the vaunted C.C. Sabathia of the Milwaukee Brewers, Myers saw a whopping 19 pitches in two at-bats. In the first at-bat, he drew a nine-pitch walk and was on base when Shane Victorino hit his never-to-be-forgotten grand slam over the left field fence. Myers flied out to right-center but not before forcing Sabathia to toss another ten pitches. In two at-bats, Myers by himself had forced Sabathia to throw what is about 20% of a typical pitcher's workload.
Myers' offensive prowess was on display in the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers as well. Against Chad Billingsley, Myers collected two hits in two at-bats and drove in three runs against the young right-hander. In his third at-bat against James McDonald, Myers weakly dribbled the ball down the third base line for his third hit of the game. In what would be his last hurrah as a Phillie, Myers tossed a quality start in Game 2 of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
2009 would prove to be a struggle as Myers battled injuries and ineffectiveness. In his ten starts before hitting the disabled list, Myers could only muster a 4.66 ERA. However, he worked extremely hard to return to full health and threw out of the bullpen in the final month of the season to mixed reviews. He also made two post-season appearances but was ineffective. Given his age, price, and history of inconsistency, the Phillies decided to part ways with Myers after the '09 season.
Current Astros GM and former Phillies GM Ed Wade picked up Myers on a one-year deal. The 29-year-old right-hander has been one of the very few bright spots on a depressing Houston roster. Myers currently sports a 3.67 ERA and, while he doesn't have the strikeout stuff he used to have with the Phillies, he has been inducing ground balls at a more frequent rate — not a bad idea with the Crawford Boxes within arm's reach. He has been a workhorse for the Astros, averaging nearly seven innings per start. It is quite depressing to think about just how bad the 14-26 Astros would be without Myers.
Back in January, I wrote about why, despite Myers' domestic abuse incident and public tirades, I would be rooting for Brett in his new hometown of Houston. I'm glad to report that he's doing just fine. And hey, since there has been talk about the Astros cutting salary in the form of trading Roy Oswalt and/or Lance Berkman, maybe the Phillies could re-acquire Myers. He is earning only $3.1 million on the season, which would mean that he would cost between $1-2 million for the remainder of 2010. He also has a cheap $2 million mutual option for 2011. Myers would also be cheap in the terms of talent relinquished in a trade, since the Astros will need to require Myers' new suitor to take on salary.


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I think more than anything the reason Pakistani players were not picked was the bad relationship between the two countries and everything else is just excuses.
Availability was one of the reasons given. Arent most other countries also going to be involved in test series for instance... And maybe I am not aware of the final schedule but here is what I have so far.
IPL III- Mar 12- Apr 25
And of the major test playing nations during this time there are following series scheduled:
Australia in New Zealand, Feb - Mar 2010
England in Bangladesh, Feb - Mar 2010
Zimbabwe in West Indies, Feb - Mar 2010
Now I dont see Pakistan's name there but lets assume they do have a series scheduled during that time, well so do the Aussies, NZL, West Indians and English players and yet I am sure players from those countries were picked.
2nd excuse was whether they will get visas issued by the Indian govt or not. Well before you allow them to be added to the auction, maybe you should confirm with your ministry first if this would be an issue.
Maybe I am kicking the dog here but here is what I believe is the REAL ISSUE:
I think the bad air between the two countries has caused Indians to chicken out of picking Pakistani players. Any franchise that picks Pakistani players risks public anger and volatile attitude towards them from the crowds.
This is unfortunately the way democracy works and if majority of the people do not wish to see players from a certain country participate in their domestic tournament, there is realistically nothing you can do about it.
The difference here is rather than beat around the bush, the Indians should have grown cojones to come out and flat out reject any of the Pakistani players from being included in the auction citing exactly the reasons why and I would personally not have any ill feelings towards their decision. However, as it stands now, they have proven themselves to be cowards and made a mockery out of their own process.
Now about Pakistani players and Pakistani team:
Cricket is a living for these guys and I am sure as pro cricketers it hurts them to see their peers with far inferior talent in T20 cricket making large sums of cash. This is an unfortunate situation for them and if I put myself in their shows I can understand how frustrated and mistreated they must feel. Afterall they all have families and expenses and cricket is their livelihood, with a cash strapped board, and lack of cricket, they are financially not as secure and strong as cricketers from other major countries.
BUT now is the time when they can unite to make a statement for their country and their profession in Pakistan and for their fellow cricketers to come.
Please get over the set back, concentrate in making our country's cricket team strong contender in the world not just in T 20 but ODI and Tests and provide some consistent results so once again the sport gains popularity in the country and other countries prefer to play us more.
Our team overall is not an attractive package right now, our cricket setup and our players have to work in unity with a sense of togetherness to bring our team once again to the top 3 or 4 nations in the world. With success in due time you will reap financial rewards.
Dont let this get you down. Lets move foreward.


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|Investigation continues in Sellersburg standoff
Local police agencies are still investigating days after a nearly 10 hour standoff in Sellersburg ended late Monday, June 24.
Detectives from the Indiana State Police and Sellersburg Police Department served a search warrant on the residence of standoff subject Joshua L. Priddy, 31, of Iowa Street in Sellersburg.
The search of the home was held on Wednesday afternoon, June 26.
"Detective Levesque and Indiana State Police Detectives served the search warrant yesterday afternoon (June 26). They were there for several hours. I don't know exactly everything that they found but I do know additional weapons were taken from the house. They recovered additional weapons and ammo but I am not sure what other evidence was taken. They are at the Post as we speak documenting everything," stated Sellersburg Police Chief Russ Whelan on Thursday morning, June 27.
The investigation is continuing after the standoff incident on Monday. The standoff began when Sellersburg Police received a 911 call from a woman asking for police intervention in talking her husband into "getting help."
"We received a 911 call from his wife stating she would like us to come and try to convince her husband to get help. She said her husband had had a 'mental break' and wanted us to convince him to go get help," Whelan stated. "When the wife had left the residence to call 911 she didn't realize that he had left out the back door with the kids. He broke into one or two homes before we even made contact with him."
Officers answered the call for help only to come face to face with the suspect.
"When talking to her on 911 he left the house when myself and Drew (LaMaster) made contact with him on Georgian. It went down hill fast after that. He initially pointed a gun at myself and Corporal LaMaster," Whelan recalled.
A foot pursuit ensued where officers followed the suspect over an area of five streets in the Hill-n-Dale subdivision in Sellersburg.
According to Whelan, the 911 call originated from Iowa Street. Officers began the foot pursuit on Iowa over to Georgian down Denton and then south across back yards to Pennsylvania, across Pennsylvania and down Delaware.
"The suspect went into the residence at the dead end street at 712 East Delaware Street," Whelan stated.
He continued, "My concern was that it was such a large area. We knew we had a guy with a gun that had already kicked in a couple of doors. Once he seen me he went around the house. My biggest concern was not to lose sight of him. My concern was for every resident in the Hill-n-Dale subdivision," Whelan explained. "He even attempted to break into some homes right in front of me. My goal was to stay with him, follow him. Once he broke into the last house, we now had him contained. That is when I called all officers to that area because we knew where he was."
Once police knew the suspect had barricaded himself in the residence another question that had to be answered quickly was if anyone was home at the time.
"We had to find out if anyone else was in that house. Once we verified that nobody else was home, we didn't have to worry about a hostage situation, now it was just a barricaded situation. It was a bad situation but not as bad as a hostage situation,." Whelan explained.
Once the suspect barricaded himself in the residence on Delaware, the nearly 10 hour standoff ensued. During the standoff the suspect allegedly shot and killed the Indiana State Police K-9 Kilo and shot and wounded Clark County Sheriff's Detective Chris Proctor, a member of the Clark County SWAT team.
Since the standoff on Monday, Chief Whelan has been receiving numerous phone calls from local citizens thanking him and the department.
"This isn't me. Yes, I did all the interviews but it isn't me. I have people calling me and thanking me, it wasn't me. This effort was from several, several agencies, Indiana State Police, Clark County Sheriff's Office, Charlestown, Jeff, ATF and Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills," a very humble Whelan added. "I also had officers contacting me on my phone, which I didn't have at the time. I had Clarksville PD send a text and say, 'Chief, what do you need.' This was an effort of all of the local agencies. Even Louisville Metro stepped up and blocked off all the roads and streets to get the SWAT officer to the hospital."
Whelan continued, "Yes, the call originated by SPD (Sellersburg Police Department) but was handled by all these agencies. I couldn't be happier for the way all the agencies worked together. It is just outstanding how everyone worked together and brought the situation to the conclusion that we did."
Whelan was grateful for the outpouring of help and support.
"We are a small department. We couldn't of done that situation and processed the scene without all the tools, equipment given by other agencies and the manpower. It was truly a team effort by all departments," Whelan said.
Priddy ended the nearly 10-hour standoff around 9:25 p.m. when he surrendered to officers. He was arrested and taken the Clark County Jail with no further incident. At press time, Priddy was charged with Attempted Murder of a Police Officer (Class A Felony), Causing the Death of a Law Enforcement Animal (Class D Felony), Burglary (Class B Felony), Residential Entry (Class D Felony), Pointing a Firearm (Class D Felony), and Criminal Recklessness with a Firearm (Class C Felony).
"I foresee more charges being filed. As to what those charges will be, I will not get into the particulars but the investigation is still very, very active," Whelan stated.
Chief Whelan concluded, "The Detective from here and Indiana State Police have not stopped since the conclusion of his surrender. That is when the real work started for the Detectives. They have worked around the clock. When it is all said and done and we get all the reports from several different agencies all for one case, I absolutely believe more charges will be filed against the individual."
The Indiana State Police lost a hero on Monday, June 24. K-9 Kilo was killed during the standoff. Kilo and his handler Trooper Nathan Abbott began their tour of duty with the Indiana State Police on January 5, 2007.
According to a press release issued by the ISP, "together they have spent the past six and one half years protecting all Hoosiers. Kilo will be missed by those who worked with him and those he protected."
A Memorial Fund has been set up in memory of K-9 Kilo. One hundred percent of all donations will be used to support the ISP K-9 program in memory of Kilo. All donations are tax exempt.
Donations may be sent to:
"Kilo Memorial Fund"
CFK/ISPA Foundation
1415 Shelby Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
Please designate your donation is for the "Kilo Memorial Fund".
Locally Cooper's Corner is collecting donations to be given to the Kilo Memorial Fund. If you would like to make a donation, please stop by the store located at 7302 Decker Lane near Highway 62 in Charlestown.
The Indiana State Police will honor Kilo's dedication to protecting the citizens of Southern Indiana with a Memorial Service scheduled for July 8.


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NHL Celebrates Penguins Victory, Contemplates Coyotes Situation
June 17, 2009: The NHL is taking the good with the bad. On the heels of the news that Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals June 12 on NBC between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings averaged 8 million viewers, the most since Game 6 of the 1973 Stanley Cup finals between the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, the league is finding that the situation with the Phoenix Coyotes is far from being resolved. On June 15, Bankruptcy Judge Redfield T. Baum issued a ruling siding with the NHL, stating that Jerry Moyes, the principal owner of the Coyotes, could not sell the team to Jim Balsillie by a June 29 deadline imposed by Balsillie for ratification of his $212.5 million purchase of the team because it did not allow enough time to resolve the situation. The Judge also rejected arguments that the league was violating antitrust law by prohibiting the sale and relocation of the club because they did not conform to its rules. Moyes and his legal team issued a statement, claiming that "the decision is subject to further consideration by the court if resubmitted" and that the Judge's order "leaves open the possibility that the relocation issue will be addressed again at a later date. Now the most important thing for us to do is work towards an open and transparent sales process that will result in obtaining the most money for the team's creditors." Balsillie said he would submit a new bid for the team, which he plans to relocate to Hamilton, Ontario, which would work in favor of Moyes. "The Judge also stressed that 'maximizing recovery for all of the creditors is the paramount concern of the court,' " Moyes said in his statement. Back to Home Page


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Credit Unions Re-emerging in Liberia
WOCCU steps forward to help rebuild movement
June 28, 2011
GANTA, Liberia — For the first time since a pair of bloody civil wars ended eight years ago, activists in Liberia are taking serious steps in hopes of reactivating the African nation's credit union movement. The country's original credit unions, which all but ceased to exist at the outbreak of the first war in 1989, hope to resuscitate their movement under the leadership of the Liberia Credit Union National Association (LCUNA).
In the seven years that the first civil conflict raged in Liberia, a country colonized by freed American slaves in 1847, more than 200,000 people lost their lives and another 1 million were displaced. After three years of relative peace, a second conflict erupted in 1999. In 2003, the combined actions of United Nations peacekeeping forces and Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, a social action group of 3,000 Christian and Muslim women, helped bring the conflict to a close. The women's group's actions also are credited with helping elect President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's and Africa's first democratically elected female president.
Prior to the 1989 civil war, Liberia had 71 credit unions with US$10 million in savings and 20,000 members. Today, the country has just 22 credit unions with US$2.3 million in savings and serves fewer than 10,000 people, according to Dave Grace, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) senior vice president of association services, who attended a credit union organizational meeting in the rural community of Ganta last month.
"The biggest challenge facing Liberia's credit unions is not their lack of systems or training, but rather the struggle to look to the future and realize that the best days are still ahead for the country and its credit union movement," according to Grace, who attended the two-day workshop at the invitation of the Central Bank of Liberia and the United Nations Capital Development Fund.
In late 2006, WOCCU led a two-day workshop in the capital city of Monrovia to teach Liberia's credit unions about topics ranging from model credit union building and savings mobilization to governance and WOCCU's PEARLS monitoring system. An estimated 40 credit union directors and staff from 18 credit unions, along with officials from LCUNA, the Liberian Cooperative Development Agency and the U.N. Development Program, attended the training. According to reports at the time, many workshop participants received their first-ever training at the workshop.
WOCCU remains optimistic that the resurgence of interest in credit unions, coupled with the stable, democratically elected government in Liberia, will help the country's movement gain the traction it lacked in 2006 to move forward. In addition, Sirleaf's background - she earned an accounting degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an economics degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder, went on to work for Citibank and World Bank in Africa and was part of the Liberia's government before being elected president - creates a climate conducive to the re-emergence of the country's credit unions, according to Pete Crear, WOCCU president and CEO.
"It's long been my dream to see the Liberian credit union movement restarted," said Crear, who will retire from his WOCCU post at the end of July. "It will be a fabulous capstone on my career at WOCCU if this happens."
On a fundraising visit to the United States in 2008, Sirleaf stated that credit unions providing women with small business loans may be part of an initiative to improve the lives of Liberia's women and revitalize its local marketplaces, many of which are home to women-owned stands. She remains optimistic on the future of her country despite its still considerable challenges. It is an attitude that characterizes both the personal and professional viewpoints of the former banker, and one she demonstrated during last week's commencement speech before Harvard University's graduating class of 2011: "If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough."
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 68,882 credit unions in 109 countries serve 235 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
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Alcatel One Touch Star was shown off at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Touch Star is a budget-friendly handset powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box. On the design side of things, the Star has a sleek finish to it, and it comes in white, black, or pink. The plastic doesn't do the phone wonders as it gives off a cheap look, however, when we handled the device the build quality felt decent.
For a low-end phone, Alcatel's One Touch Star, brings more than adequate specs to the table, including a colorful 4-inch AMOLED screen and fully capable 1GHz processor that runs Jelly Bean. Surprisingly, Alcatel didn't screw with the Android software, as the company didn't add any new features on top of the operating system. This is great for future updates.
Like most Android phones, the Star allows users to personalize the phone with apps and widgets, arranging them on your home screen and such. The best feature on the phone is called Photo Sphere. The One Touch Star's 5 megapixel rear camera uses Photo Sphere to shoot a 360-degree view, putting it in one photo that you can zoom around in. It resembles a bubble.
The One Touch Star is available in China, and will launch in Western Europe by the end of February, starting in France. Sorry, no word of it hitting the United States. Although Alcatel is expected to launch dual-SIM version of the phone, so maybe it can be bought unlocked. We should know more in the coming weeks.


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Duck Dynasty features a bunch of long-bearded good ol' boys who are smarter than they look.
Even more compelling, "Gamecock Dynasty" documents a pair of baseball programs that defy the odds of rivalry history. The cast includes colorful characters and the fans who love them.
Family squabbling makes for a good reality show, and nothing in college baseball beats the Palmetto State's House Divided. But the NCAA tournament selection committee should be charged with three errors on one play for forcing spicy poultry Monday upon its 64-team field.
Clemson deserves one of the 16 host spots.
It's unfair to the Tigers to book them in the Columbia Regional for the second year in a row.
It's also unfair to South Carolina.
"We tried to look at strength of schedule and how teams built their RPIs," said Dennis Farrell, chairman of the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee and commissioner of the Big West Conference.
Clemson, No. 14 in the Ratings Percentage Index, has the No. 6 strength of schedule.
Kansas State, hosting the Manhattan Regional way off Broadway, is No. 18 in the RPI and No. 43 in strength of schedule.
Kansas State went 0-1 against The Citadel, 0-1 against Coastal Carolina, 0-1 against Elon …
Let's see … No, the Mildcats didn't dare play Spartanburg Methodist.
"Growing" college baseball with new host sites is great in theory, but not at the expense of logic. Or maybe the NFL should say, you know, the Browns didn't do quite as well as the Steelers, but Cleveland hasn't hosted in a while.
Clemson plays in the ACC, the top-rated RPI conference. The Tigers on Friday night took No. 1 overall seed North Carolina into the 14th inning before losing what essentially was an ACC tournament road game at Durham.
No doubt, Tigers coach Jack Leggett should have had closer Scott Firth start the ninth inning Friday with a 7-2 lead in a game everyone knew would clinch a Clemson Regional.
But all No. 2 seeds are not alike.
Freshman-laden team or not, Clemson players would have appreciated a postseason experience less hostile and familiar than Carolina Stadium.
"… That's just committee parameters that we're required to follow by the NCAA," Farrell said, explaining the in-state bracketing.
Whoa, breaking news there. If there are parameters, they are softer than UC Santa Barbara's RPI (No. 55, but UCSB made the field as an at-large team at the expense of No. 28 Nebraska, No. 32 Notre Dame, No. 42 Michigan State and No. 43 Auburn).
The Gauchos, by the way, are in the Big West Conference.
The committee, to its credit, traditionally winks at any such "parameters." This year, Coastal Carolina (still located in Conway) is a No. 3 seed at the Blacksburg Regional while Liberty (Lynchburg, Va.) is the No. 3 seed in Columbia. Which is nice for the Chanticleers after their 2012 trip to Columbia.
Then there are the Gamecocks.
South Carolina played a three-game series against both Clemson and Liberty this season (a pair of 2-1 wins). Favorites don't favor familiarity.
But after complaining, it's OK to embrace one of the best rivalries in all of college sports.
Will the postseason dominance USC enjoyed in 2010 and 2012 (and 2002) continue?
Without Ray Tanner, Michael Roth, Christian Walker, Matt Price and Evan Marzilli?
Will Clemson freshman left-hander Matthew Crownover get healthy enough to pitch?
Not much was expected of this Clemson team coming into the season, or right after the USC series in March.
Baseball America in its preseason NCAA tournament projection had Clemson as a No. 2 seed at Vanderbilt, which it correctly tabbed as the No. 2 national seed.
Clemson seems to do better with low expectations.
Which, of course, just adds to the drama that divides Palmetto State families.
It's not quite brother against brother on the field, but wait 'til 2015: freshman Clate Schmidt pitches for Clemson and his brother Clarke, a high school junior in Acworth, Ga., is bound for South Carolina.
Shhh! Don't tell the NCAA.
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