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|3 years 4 weeks ago
|everyone loves 100 degrees and 95% humidity in june too..
Seriously Name one person that vacations in Georgia? Savannah is it, and the reality is it's the only thing in Georgia to stop and see... Athens, yes, because everyone wants to live in the middle of the deep south 4hrs from a beach, 105 degrees, 95% Humidity and then at night it's still 85 degress and now 99% humidity. Oh and it gets better, when you walk outside, your instantly covered in sweat, not the good kind because it's so humid it forms a layer of slime on you.
Georgia, cause everyone loves having to stay inside all day in the summer cause it's a 1000 degrees and you can't cool down cause your pool is 95 degrees..........Yeah, been there and as I said one place to visit and that's it.
|3 years 4 weeks ago
|Not surprising
Nussmeier is the new OC at Florida, for a new staff and most recruits are quite familiar with the Alabama run game's dominance under Nussmeier as OC so there is no doubt that was sold to him.
Add to that, our staff already has 3 rb commits even if two of them end up at fb ..... that's crowded for one class alone without adding a 4th rb.
|3 years 5 weeks ago
|Remove Helmets
Remove Helmets and start taking money out of players pockets for leading with their heads. By removing money I mean, suspension for intentional helmet hits, offensive players too for droping their heads for hits. And not the same as the drug policy but after so many personal fouls for helmet to helmet up the suspension to 2 games no pay. Then force players to sit for caused concussions resulting from an intentional helmet to helmet hit, ie a caused concussion equals 2 games for the offending player.
Also, get even more strict on the launch hits. I still see a number that aren't called. It's the only way to fix the issue.
The other thing, any failed ped tests should limit liability for this. I still say believe players are juiced and it's a major cause for the severity of injuries, namely head injuries in football. Players want the nfl to pay for head injuries then they should subject themselves to even more ped testing.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|kentucky...vs the field, take kentucky
Imho officiating would have a lot to do with Kentucky losing. Meaning this team just bullies opponents inside. So, unless we get a crew that is calling a tight game against a solid shooting opponent like Duke, Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona and maybe a couple others, Kentucky is going to roll this tournament.
Kansas, being the next best team in that bracket is weak. They don't play consistent ball at all and do not have a player capable of taking over a game against Kentucky. If they make it at all.
ND doesn't have the size to stay with kentucky so they get rolled if they make it.
By bracket, Kentucky is automatically in the final 4, so imho it's a 2 game tournament for Kentucky.
|4 years 6 weeks ago
|If Swarbrick were really genius
He would sell the field to a donor who believes the grass is Tradition... Well, in that case he should have sold the hs level scoreboard too!
|4 years 8 weeks ago
|The spring game/practice
The spring game which is realy a glorified practice is not the place to determine anything about the 2014 team. Talk to anyone that has attended an actual practice to tell you the story rather than reading something from someone who never attended any of the practices.
Don't take too much out of spring because after spring summer workouts and fall camp you will then find out who has put the time in all off season. Spring you get some info on what is going on.
Best news out of spring is the dline looks far better as a group right now and the players fitting the responsibilities of the 4-3 over better has payed off for them. So, we will wait till the first game of the season and see how that matches up.
O Line has been hit/miss but will wait and see again.
|4 years 8 weeks ago
|Heck is a great coach
Funny and intense. Very good technically and demands those guys block. Should see blocking video they had of gallon, he embarrassed a lot of corners and safeties thinking they would take him.
Finally happy about where the wr corp is skill wise compared to the lats 6yrs...
|4 years 8 weeks ago
|Win respect
In sports you earn/win your respect. Florida is getting respect due to how they are playing and the fact their coach has to titles. They have done it.
Ky is getting respect because the program is tops in bball, and they just won a title 2yrs ago and have top talent now, just very young and you see them growing up infront of us this tournament and the sec tournament.
Michigan, hasn't seen a ton of respect this tournament namely becuase the 3 stars from last yr's run are either in the nba, or injured now, mcgary! So looking at our games agianst msu and wisconsin it's obvious our team can be pushed inside. Hence, tennessee being the popular pick due to their length at the perimeter and strength of their inside game.
Msu, getting a ton of respect now getting their top inside players back and msu looking like an izzo team again. Like ky, they are playing very well and the team has taken big steps the last few weeks. Hence they became the hot pick to win it all.
Wisconsin, has beaten 2 teams nobody thought they actually would given the matchups.
Big10 just earned a ton of respect all 3 beating teams that were considered tough matchups for each team. All 3 into the elite 8! They won the nations respect as a conference. I'll say this, it doesn't matter who wins the national title as far as conference strength is concerned. I never got that arguement... alabama wins in football to me has no bearing. Fsu won it in football this yr and doesn't remotely convince me that the acc was the best. This yr sec 0-2 in bcs games and acc is 2-0 with the national title...who here thinks the acc is a better football conference? Same in basketball... Florida could win the tournament or kentucky, wouldn't remotely convince me the sec is a better bball conference than big10, big12, acc or pac12!
|4 years 11 weeks ago
|Tried centennial, like two hearted much better
Never heard of CJ's, right now way to many craft brews out to try them all. Being from Cincy I am trying to get through all the local breweries that have popped up as well as some of the top national craft brews.
Bells, Centennial, 3 Floyds, Michigan is well represented nationally..., I have heard there are a few more to try that arent national.
Cincinnati has,
Madtree, 50 west, Rivertown, Rinegheist, Mt. Carmel and a few others that are just excellent breweries!
Still, I always find my way back to Sam Adams Boston Lager and Guiness.......
|4 years 11 weeks ago
|Me, nobody, maize man, not sure,
All I can tell you is I have been to spring practice with maizeman, know him and he does work for the athletic department which is how he is in. He expresses his views from what he see's.
Coachbt, he is a hs coach from the toledo area that attends every coaches clinic and also gets to attend a couple practices as a result.
Eroc, knows maizeman and has gone to many practices via maizman.
They all have developed relationships within the athletic department.
I have met many other posters that attend the coaches clinic, that have ties to the athletic department via friendships of ad employees, former players, coaches and boosters. Know a couple that are big boosters.
Am I an insider, not remotely. But as I stated last yr I did go to a couple practices with maizeman and know very well he has access to the staff, players and practices as it isn't a claim it is a fact.
The guys that want to insult my writing, wgaf what you think, I shared something I have actually seen, know and witnessed. You, you bitch and complain about others who shared and wasn't trying to charge anyone money for doing so. So, wtf ever
|4 years 11 weeks ago
|You don't know what I thought!
I stated an undefeated osu should have been in over a 1 loss sec team. That I stated, that I believe of any bcs team. If you are going to post my thoughts at least know them.
I stated the sec is over rated in that 1 loss sec teams deserve to be in the title game over undefeated teams. Get your head out of your tail about my thoughts.
|4 years 11 weeks ago
|and you guys insult their writing…..
And you guys insult their writing and analysis. Kind if does... reeealllyl....
I went to spring practice last yr with maizeman. He does have access. The two practices I saw last yr, Ross was playing awesome and was the best defensive player on the field. I got to see Countess doing drills and knew last yr was going to be rough as a man corner for him. Offense, Darboh and Chesson looked better than Funchess....and you didn't see Gallon do anything. Jake Ryan was on crutches and he was everywhere encouraging the defense and lbers....
So, while you all accuse them of knowing nothing I can vouch for them not that it means anything as I don't personally know any of you all. But, everything i saw fit to what happened last season. Run game sucked, interior oline just wasn't what I thought it would be and the dt's were a work in progress.
Honestly last season I was fooled by the nd game though. I thought they would lose that game and end up with 10 wins losing to either Osu or Nw as the other loss opposite nd. I thought nd was better than what they showed in that game.
Ross was not close to the player he showed in spring, Darboh's injury really hurt, oline burzynski's injury really hurt. Bosch was the best technically of all the tr fr and rs fr oline, however Braden was physiclaly awesome and starting at LG all spring. That was last yr...
So, reports on spring practices remember, they are practicing against their own team and get used to the calls of the other side of the ball and the player infront of them. So, you have to take it with a grain of salt and realize the reports are just that. Mixed opinions of what they see. I was at practice and had some disagreement maizeman's analysis. But that is also why I try to put what coach bt says along with maizeman and come up with what's in the middle. Both attend practices, both know the coaching staff far more than you guys would like to admit. So sit back, enjoy your beer threads, btw, bells two harted, madtree gnarly brown and guiness are still the best beers on the planet!
|4 years 19 weeks ago
|Have known a few d1 players that used.
All of them said the same things.
Coaches push them to get better, if you only were bigger, if you were just a bit stronger if you were quicker, faster.... Always pushed them and compared to best players on the team. Natural right... the message would be clear, get better or go elsewhere... it's up to you...
They would make sure they knew well in advance of testing. Don't fail the tests, we don't want any athlete failing tests... this is when the test is... don't fail the tests.. continually repeated over and over adnauseum.
They would also say, you could tell who was and who wasn't. Abnormal weight gain is not going from hs s&c to college elite s&c. Normal weight gain is about 15lbs of muscle over 1yr period of time. 20 can happen but he had to work out a whole heck of a lot more than just the last 4 months from january through spring ball!!! Guys putting on weight is normal, 25+ lbs of ripped shredded weight and he is juiced! But there are a lot more ped's than just testosterone. Hgh, blood doping for endurance, beta blockers for focus that many qb's will use, students will use... which I have no problem with.. but they all use them.
|4 years 24 weeks ago
|What desmond said is right..
All that said, it doesn't matter urban was never going to suspend any other player further! Either the big ten was going to, uhmm nope, or it wasn't happening so we all knew it wasn't happening.
|4 years 24 weeks ago
|ad ...
Is the increase for more support staff needed? I wouldn't think everyone just received a 62% pay increase though some may have been given a pay increase to match the going rate of their position. In that case it is needed... for any and all.
For me the questions are.. Is the ad financially living within the budgets set? Are they making more money than they are spending? Are building for the success of the athletic programs now and in the future? And last, with the expansion of the athletic campus and all the related projects have they been able to meet the financial burden of those projects and continue to sustain for the future.
The obvious to that is yes. It has to continue as well. I am sure that Brandon and company see what concerns the donors/alumni/ticket holders have. I would bet they will be quick to back off it they reach the tipping point.
Something was posted on another board via an alumni function last spring where Dave Brandon spoke. At length he spoke about the goals of winning the bigten, bcs and national title in football as the best ways to increase revenue and the last one by far has the biggest impact. He cited the effect it had on other universities that have won football national championships and how much it increased cash flow into the athletic department of those schools. So, that is the goal.....
|4 years 25 weeks ago
|Consider, Michigan hosted them
Our school hosted them, allowed them field passes for the game which is impossible to get and got face time with Hoke on the day of the game.
The family, osu fans/grads yeah they could have taken the osu hats off but who cares about that to be honest. imho it showed michigan is above all that!
|4 years 25 weeks ago
|Remember that game...
Such a huge win and those players all came up big!
Rewatching that game I forgot how beat up the team was. LT Backus didn't play, adami was playing injured and quite immobile. Howard was out, streets was battling a hammy. Forgot all about that........ Reminds me of how good they were to keep overcoming everything. On offense, overcame some bad turnovers and field position the 2nd half. Got enough points with limited offense and still won. Defense just took over that game!
|4 years 35 weeks ago
Far too many athletic depts have done this and pro teams as well......
A friend of mine a 20yr season ticket holder for the bengals of all teams had good seats and paid the psl when they built pbs in cincy. He paid that psl and then got moved to lesser seats only to find the corperate buyers were buying blocks of good seats and he got moved as a result...add to that, they didn't refund the difference in the psl they charged to the rate for the seats he was given.
I haven't heard michigan do this to season ticket holders yet so long as they paid the donation...however it has been done I am sure. Really sucks.....
|4 years 35 weeks ago
|you are talking about fans
who are illogical anyway.............................that would have been the response of many fanbases around the country no matter the university. Heck, athletes get accused of rape and I see message board posters saying the girl deserved it, led him on, what ever else.........you get alot of fair responses...........my response always is, lets wait to find out what actually happened, if he did it, by all means put him in prison and let the legal system handle it.....if he didn't do it, lets not assassinate his character, but lets not do that till we find out.
|4 years 35 weeks ago
|I somewhat agree here but....
You used ohio st... so lets review...
Ncaa investigates and there is clear evidence that the Head coach lied, covered up student athletes actions to keep them eligible to win more football games to make a bcs bowl or bcs championship game.
Ncaa, did they follow their own by laws to punish ohio st? No, they let ohio st walk with minimal penalty as the head coach clearly broke the rules. What did ohio st do, they fired the head coach and said this is all on him. Ncaa what did they do, they gave minimal punishment and didn't at all charge ohio st with the crime of lack of institutional control as defined by a coach knowing about extra benefits and hiding them. No, they got minor charges a few scholarships and a 1 year bowl ban.
So, now let me add, North Carolina with proven academic fraud, Auburn had a players family take nearly $200,000 that we know and the ncaa dismissed the investigation, Oregon paying people to send recruits to their school, Miami fl and that fiasco and several more I am forgetting to mention...............................
The ncaa cannot even keep it's own house clean and yet you and everyone else thinks it's okay for them to punish pennst for something that didn't involve a single student athlete, or coach at the university. Now, before you rip me, Sandusky was not a football coach when the known incident happened.
Now, the ncaa jumping in on this is like the department of education going and grabbing a drug dealer and stealing, ie fining him every dime he has because he sold drugs on school grounds before the fbi could arrest him.............it isn't their jurisdiction no matter the crime commited. Even worse it was obvious what the ncaa's motive was, and it sure as heck wasn't to do the right thing.
The right thing
Pennst, should have settled immediately with all victims and offered every victim full tuition education or pay off all student loans for those who already had grown and gone to college. Pennst should have offered to pay for or repay all expenses for therapy incurred to the victims. IE, pennst needs to make it right for the victims completely, that is the right thing to do.
Ncaa, had no business in this, they had no intention of doing any thing right for the victims and their fighting with the state of pa over the 60million proves I am right. They thought they had a money grab and I am glad the state of pa shoved that right up the ncaa's arse and said no, that money will stay in state and go to childrens charities.
Pennst the unveristy should pay a price, but rather it's football or not idk, I first and foremost believe the punishment should have come from the dept of education and dept of justice to put away those responsible and then put down further punishment on the university as they saw fit.
|4 years 35 weeks ago
|I don't feel bad for pennst, nor am I crying a river for them
But I thik it's retarded to punish the football program and fanbase, alumni and everyone else involved with football or the university that had zip to do with this, which is everyone outside of the few people that actually knew and 4 in charge that could have done something about it.
The rioting that is the football culture of not wanting to believe the icon had something to do with covering it up. A case, although extremely weak that paterno reported it to superiors is true but he also was proven to have influenced not reporting it to 2nd mile and to the state police and arresting sandusky......so that blows that out of the water. My opinion of Joepa is forever changed as his rep was built on great character the do it right kind of person to lead young men. That's gone, but it doesn't mean the university shouldn't be able to move on and build what should have been.
Pennst deserves punishment and has got that punishment from the ncaa, I just don't think the ncaa had any business or place doing it. IE, they went to clean pennst's house and they can't even clean their own as though they had moral authority. Tell me when the ncaa went to nd, msu or any other campus to investigate sex crimes alleged by athletes?
The dept of justice and dept of education are the entities that should have handled this and should have told the ncaa to get out of their way period.
On another note, before anyone goes high moral standard about pennst and covering this up, the very reason the laws about reporting sex crimes on any federal funded university, high, middle or elementary school is in the books is because of this very reason. How many times have we heard complaints over the years of colleges sweeping rapes under the rug to keep crime statistics down. That happened at so many places across the country it is disgusting, and just as disgusting as what happened at pennst. Or athletes raping girls and getting away with it and the girls intimidated or forced to leave school for their safety all to protect the program because said player may help them win games. Those are the reasons these laws do exist. But has the ncaa ever investigated one of those that are actually involving student athletes? Never, so a case they had no business in they jumped on for media attention and a 60 million dollar money grab. Yes that money was forced to stay in the state of pa and that was after the state told the ncaa it wasn't allowing that money to go elsewhere as all funds at psu are considered state funds if the university is to pay out money. The ncaa in it's briliance tried to argue it was athletic dept funds not univerisity funds. So you see where their real motive was!
|4 years 35 weeks ago
|I realize my opinion isn't popular that's fine
From 2002 Pennst, namely the 4 people who allowed it are culpable. Not the 40,000 who had nothing to do with this as they can't do a dang thing about rumor or innuendo, but the people who had real knowlege, Spanier, Shultz, Paterno, McQueary and his dad and one other I am forgetting could have, should have and didn't! They are the ones to be punished, put in prison for a cover up. Punishing the football program and saying the ridiculous things about blowing up the stadium is just retarded. It doesn't do a dang thing to fix what happened or punish the actual cuplprits. As they are the ones who allowed Sandusky to use the brand, facilities and anything else.
60million was only to stay in the state for children after the state of pa said it wasn't leaving and told the ncaa as much. Ncaa tried to fight it, so what does that tell you about their motive.
2002 was a real incident, no more rumor and inuendo. And the people that covered it up need to pay the price, I will always say that. They deserve prison as well, all of them. Just like anyone who knew a Michigan professor was harboring child porn....should pay the price. Not the pennst program that had nothing to do with this.
|4 years 35 weeks ago
|Ncaa is full of it and needs to be sued!
Ncaa was way out of bounds to punish PSU as not one single by-law was broken regarding student athletes.
Second, Ncaa had zero interest in what was right. They saw a money grab, ie $60 million dollar fine! For what? To go to who, to do what with? Tell me I am wrong cause they sure as heck was not giving a dime of that money to the victims.
Not one person of the 4 who knew of the incidents are around at all.
NCAA went back to 1998 which was bs because that investigation found nothing and Sandusky was forced to step down. There was nothing anyone could do legally at that point. The legal system coudln't do anything so what was pennst going to do other than what they did at that point. 2002 the McQueary deal, from then on Jopa and company were responsible for covering up for a friend. It had nothing to do with protecting football as the ncaa had no boundary. And if paterno turns in a friend then and the chief of campus police acts, they are hero's for doing the right thing.....and what would have happened to football? Nothing, so stop the bs it was to protect football it was to protect a life long friend by joepa. Pull your heads out of the cloud that the culture of football did this, it was one friend protecting another cause nothing else was on the line. That happens every day in our society across many fronts including criminal.
Ncaa is a joke, I hope pennst sues and wins against the ncaa.
Now, Pennst deserves to face what ever punishment as a university from the Dept of Education for not reporting this as required by law. But again, why punish anyone and everyone who is not there for something that they didn't do.
Who deserves to be punished. Joepa, and the other 3 that covered this. Not the 40,000+students and facualty. Not the football players and coaches that have nothing to do with this. And I read tear down beaver stadium, seriously. Michigan just had a professor with child porn that wasn't immediately reported, uhmmm do you want to destroy the entire university and rip building down by building for this? Cause that is illogical thinking.
Oh, Sandusky, lets not forget, he is the criminal and deserves life in prison and everything that goes with that. EIther general population or solitary, idk either way......
|4 years 36 weeks ago
|just say it
Glassgow didn't help chip, push the nt, Miller was beat at the snap by the nt, the de gets upfield and holds contain forcing the play to stay inside. Kalis is lost and doesn't know wtf to do and doesn't block anyone.... If Kalis sets the backside block there is a cutback for Fitz and a good lane there as well.
If Glassgow helps chip on the nt and gets the nt flowing without penetration then he can scrape to the lber.
If Kalis blocks his lber or finds someone to block there is a cut back.
If the TE gets to the de and doesn't let him penetrate the hole to go through is either much bigger or there is room for Fitz to bounce.
No matter what, this play was blown up from the snap!
This happened all game long!
|4 years 36 weeks ago
|Frazier was one of the most successfull
Players in Husker history! 2 national titles, a 3rd nc game that was a missed fg from winning 3 straight and would have been 3 straight undefeated seasons!
There is no doubt he has the ears of the husker fanbase and boosters/alumni!
But, Tom Osbourne isn't the head coach and this isn't the days of the husker option attack. Actually, they got rid of Solich 2yrs too early as they could have waited this thing out and they would have been running the Read Option spread game better than anyone! Instead they ditched all of it, all of their old recruing grounds for Callahan!
They need a head coach and assistant coaches that have recruiting cache again that can grab texas talent like they used to.
Pelini, he could be a dead man walking if they don't compete for a bigten title!
|4 years 37 weeks ago
|Nd's band is what 430 members...
Lots of brass, lots of music loudly...btw, my wife asked what cartoon music they were playing when they started the nd victory march....I busted out laughing cause she had no idea and was serious.
|4 years 37 weeks ago
|No way Saban leaves Bama
Texas will likely be open as will Usc.
Also consider Saban's family, they moved from East lansing to baton rouge in 2000, to Miami in 2004 to Alabama in 06/07, I don't think the family wants to move and establish all new relationships right now........with all new unreal expectations in a building process, again.
Jmho, Saban has reached the summit of coaching in college and the only thing left is the nfl and he isn't going back.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|what is the measure though?
What are their measures though?
IMO the measure should be for 3 types of games...
#1 Biggest Rival game, what is the atmosphere or what ever the biggest game every year is....
#2 What is the normal atmosphere for a conference game, the avg game say iowa or northwestern, solid opponent.
#3 What is it for the gimme games.... is the place dead or are the fans still rocking.....
Pennst has the best atmosphere for a big night game, and imho that is best in the country. That said, I think Michigan's night game for ND was better than Osu's big night game for Texas or Usc... that said, Osu has a great atmosphere and nobody can deny that.
I will say this, Pennst has the most fun fans in cf, I have been around them for games at Michigan and seen them at Happy Valley and they have a good time. Osu fans are just overall pissy either way... good atmosphere but man they live and die with each individual play... and their games against bad opponents that place is a tomb...and most are.
Michigan #1, osu/nd environment is entirely different, namely osu... far more intense for a home game against either of these teams. #2 Very middle of the pack in the bigten for an avg home game...crowd gets loud for 3rd downs and intimidating but why not on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th down... Seriously... Osu/nd crowd is intense every play, every down....but not for the avg team.... #3 Lets never play eastern again...nobody wants that game and fans barely stand for the victors... I don't care what they say, in 2007 the attendance was not 100,000, I would put it closer to 80,000..........so middle of the pac of bigten teams here as well.
Michigan, basically for Big games.... is up with Pennst, and Ohio st for best envirionments....for #2 and 3 avg about #5....
Bigten overall
#1 big game environment.. Pennst, Michigan, Ohiost and Nebraska as tops...
#2 avg conf opponents Wisconsin, Pennst, Ohio st, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa in order...
#3 Wisconsin, Nebraska, Pennst, Ohio st, Michigan, Iowa....
Jmo but those are the order and it changes based upon opponent... Measureing Pennst's biggest night game to a noon game for michigan against iowa is not a measurement of environment... Otherwise just compare same game situations...
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|I just quit carrying that burden....
2011 was incomplete only because of the state yr. And, I know many will laugh because our team was no where near ready for it....but consider the fact that they were literally a couple plays from being undefeated..........Iowa was quite literally 2 plays... and Msu was the same, quite literally a couple plays..........
None of us would have thought they were ready but...from my perspective at that time it let me put the burden down of the RR era..
Also, I carry nothing from 2004 - 2006 I really didn't. From 2007 though, it felt like an eternity...like being on the ship going down and you can't fix it.....you know you have a life raft and will be fine but you can't fix it.............that was 2007-2010 for me...............
|4 years 50 weeks ago
Virginia, Vatech, Washington/Wazzu..Oregon/Oregon St, Cal Stanford, zona / asu and others.
Best instate though is Bama, Auburn for intensity... but overall I can't think of a great instate with the competitive balance of good great programs.


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Almost all the grandparents I know contradict themselves when they talk about their grandchildren. They love them dearly, of course, and say they don't see them enough. But, almost as reliably, they complain to anyone who will listen about how absolutely the kids wear them out.
I am lucky that three of my grandchildren live here and that I get to see them often. Nevertheless, I still always catch myself carping that I only get to see that bunch on the run, not long enough for what is supposed to be quality time. I have two more sets of grandchildren who don't live in town, and I don't see them as much as I would like — period.
So imagine my delight when all of them converged at my house on a recent Saturday in overlapping waves.
Being with the kids reminded me of the Riddle of the Sphinx. You know: What is born with four legs, grows up with two, and ends up with three? I might not have grown that third leg (a cane) quite yet, but on Saturday — marshaling my platoon of emphatically two-legged, hyperkinetic grandchildren — I probably could have used one.
The 2-year-olds are the easiest to be with, as well as the most difficult. They are easy to be with because they play charmingly for hours with whatever toys are around. They are difficult because they never run out of energy, even if it is supposed to be nap time.
I was thrilled when Ellis, one of the two 2-year-olds, got bored with the wooden train tracks and sat down to let my husband read him a book. I was thrilled when Teddy, also 2, kept himself amused for ages trying to make every single one of the many, noisy talking and music-making plastic gismos in the playroom work. He busied himself so thoroughly, in fact, that I had time to put all the old dollhouse furniture — which some of the others had piled in a heap — back in place in all the tiny rooms.
How ironic: Most of the time when the grandchildren are around, I am frantically racing after them trying to put my own house back in order! But I have to also admit that it isn't easy for me to keep up with these little boys, especially Teddy, who just loves running along as fast as he can while pushing anything on wheels.
The house was ringing and shouting with grandkids, and, yes, I was delighted to watch my 9-year-old and almost-8-year-old granddaughters grooving on let's-pretend games And, yes, it was great to watch them play big sister to their 4-year-old cousin, who lives in faraway Nova Scotia. But even when the girls were fully engaged in make-believe, I wasn't off the hook. At some point, a grown-up always is required to take on a supporting role in the action.
You know what? This isn't always as much jolly good fun as you might think. How long would you, yourself, really relish standing at duty in a doorway as keeper of the imaginary hotel? Or crouching to play jungle hideout?
For me, the rather grueling part of grandparenting is not the level of energy necessary for keeping up, but the decibel levels the kids generate. And, then, if you decide to quiet things down by letting them sit in front of the boob tube, you are subjected to the nerve-wracking din of Put Down the Ducky or Go, Diego, Go! (I don't like Dora, either.)
It's been said that being a grandparent is bliss because you have all the joy that children can bring but none of the responsibility. The problem is that as a grandparent you are running on half-empty — if not on three legs.


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Uh, why do movies have ratings?
ooh ooh...my turn...
Why does food have listed ingredients?
Which is exactly the point. Ultimately parents are responsible for their children, and they should be held accountable.
Then sell them alcohol.
before you know it the analogy police is going to get you!
There's a causal link between decreased motor and mental faculties and alcohol, and between cigarette smoke and various diseases. Hence the prohibition on selling them to people who, in theory, are unable to make an appropriate decision regarding the use of those products because they haven't reached the ages of 18 and 21 where magical fairy-thinking kicks in and you suddenly gain 50 IQ points so that...
OK, wait... tangent there...
Anyway, the whole argument here is that the state couldn't prove a causal lin
Of course they can. But it's not illegal to sell someone milk, even if they are lactose intolerant. It's the person's responsibility to know they can't handle milk.
I can just hear you asking, "But wait! Kids don't realize that their allergens are bad for them. We currently handle selling video games EXACTLY how we handle selling milk: Making the kids PARENTS responsible for preventing them from getting their hands on things that their parents think are bad for them.
Therein lies the problem - there are a lot of 'not responsible' parents out there.
I play Grand Theft Auto IV online via X-Box Live, and a lot of the people playing sound WAY too young to be playing it.
Ironically enough, it's often the high-pitched ones that sound like they're barely out of grade school that are the biggest troublemakers. Some of them cuss more foully than the adults do! (It's not to say the adults won't shoot you dead, but they're typically more polite about it.)
If a parent thinks their kid is mature enough to handle a game like this, then I'm okay with them buying it on their behalf. But I'll level with you - I don't think many parents know their kids half as well as they think they do, and some don't even make the effort to 'know' them at all.
If a parent thinks their kid is mature enough to handle a game like this, then I'm okay with them buying it on their behalf. But I'll level with you - I don't think many parents know their kids half as well as they think they do, and some don't even make the effort to 'know' them at all.
Then these kids have far more to worry about than video games.
Of course they can. But it's not illegal to sell someone milk, even if they are lactose intolerant. It's the person's responsibility to know they can't handle milk.
I'm going to be slightly pedantic and point out that a food intolerance is very different to a food allergy. Food intolerances typically just cause you a lot of paid, food allergies can kill you. Lactose intolerance generally just gives you a sore stomach or maybe the runs. A full blown milk allergy would be the sort of thing that could kill yo
Uh, why do movies have ratings?
So "NC-17" movies can be rendered financially untenable and getting an "R" rating involves dealing with a secretive private committee of short sighted inconsistent morons who answer to no one all because of the threat of congress unconstitutionally taking regulation of movies into it's own hands?
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So that parents can have some idea of the content in the games they buy their children. And stores can implement policies preventing the sale of violent games to minors independent of the government.
if the game is rated "M for mature," the parent can THEN say "Well, not right now, let me look into it a bit and I'll decide for you."
Sorry to pick on you*, but while this is oodles more reasonable than most parents, it still misses the point of parenthood by a huge margin.
The core responsibility of a parent is to turn your kids into responsible and healthy adults. Sometimes, true, this means protecting them or making decisions on their behalf; but telling a 15-year-old kid "let me research this rated-M g
It ain't that easy.
Do you remember the Quake ad? Unfortunately I can't find that picture online, but it depicted one of those "ideal families", mommy, daddy, two kids, gathered around the computer, all smiling, the only thing that was missing was some sort of halo around them to make it a poster for some religious group.
Now imagine someone buying Quake based on that ad.
But even aside of ads, it isn't easy to find real information about a game online. If anything, you get opinions, praise and slander alike, but really little info what it's about. You also can't say that you go by producer, there is no studio that produces "only" a certain kind of games. Playing it yourself may also yield no sensible information within a few hours, or at least can't rule out that sooner or later you run into something you don't want your kids to see.
Not to mention that there are few parents who actually play well enough to get far...
So I do see ratings as a good thing to give parents guidelines. What's important, though, is to also note why a game got a certain rating. Why has a game a certain rating? Violence? Sex? Drug use? Language? I think I'm not alone when I say that a PG13 (language) is not the same for me as a PG13 (violence). I laugh at the former, you hear worse on the average schoolyard. I would at least take a look at the latter.
But what stands is that the final arbiter when it comes to what a kid can or can't see is the parents. No state, no government, no "opinion group", no lobbyist, no organisation, no company.
The ratings are a very convenient first step. If it is rated M, I know it is not okay for my daughter; no need to look into it. If it is rated E, I know it is probably okay. I'll still look into it, but being able to "eyeball" and rule out an entire class of games makes life easier. On top of that, once the games are home, it's easier to set clear boundaries. My kid knows that any games rated E that I've allowed in our house are fair game, but that games rated M or whatever are daddy's games.
I agree, though I think the ratings are a good thing in that they gave you probably a quick idea as to whether or not you should do the extra work.
If I had kids, I would have no problem with them seeing a 'G' rated movie. If my eight-year-old wanted to go see a 'PG' movie, I might at least check it out, where I wouldn't if my 13-year-old wanted to see it. If my 15-year-old kid wanted to see an 'R' rated movie, I'd want to see whether it was worth going with him.
The ratings system can give you a quick refe
To provide the customer an objective analysis of things they or the party they are purchasing for may find offensive in the game before purchasing the game in an effort to reduce returns or unsatisfactory feelings arising from the purchase.
Yeah, I agree. I bought this Barney game and only fond out after buying it that you can't blow off that freak's head. If it had a rating, telling me it is suitable for kids, I could have avoided it!
an objective analysis would be putting the game up for download with a survey.
The process for rating games is like that for rating movies.. old curmudgeons get together in a room, and if they see any red pixels it's given an M rating.
They gave PSOGC a teen rating because of "blood". You ran up, killed a monster, and as it died it melted into the floor leaving a very synthetic neon pink "splat" on the ground which looked like nickelodeon's "gak".
Phantasy Star Online for the Gamecube for those of us left baffled.
I'm sure terrorists think children make fantastic targets. So even they are "thinking of the children".
So, what's the point of having those ratings in the first place?
Aside from letting people know if a game is gruesome or not, there's no real repercussions of young kids getting a hold of 'mature' games.
Presumably the repercussions of young kids getting a hold of 'mature' games is that they're punished when their parents find out. Voluntary ratings systems ostensibly exist to inform the consumer about content, not to restrict it. Methods of enforcement are left up to the end users.
Who cares? I sure as hell don't. Your kid, *your* responsibility.
Yeah, I don't want you in my society either?
So who's going to leave?
Time to tell your kid about the birds and the bees, or do you want some hentai game to do the job for you? I mean, he could start wondering why his doodle ain't vanishing when it gets hard.
How about a completely radical and novel idea, like... I dunno, preparing kids for the real life instead of trying to shelter them from it?
If he's 14, then I really don't care. Personally, by the time a kid is 14, I think we're past any content that's gonna harm him. By that age you're wrapping up the whole parenting gig and getting ready to send them out alone to find out the rest. A video game isn't going to screw them up at that point if they're not already there.
You are postulating that an interactive media will not affect behaviour past age 14?
Whereas everyone on earth would accept that a passive media (advertising) has a massive effect on the behaviour of people of all ages. If it didn't, it wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar industry.
It may have *less* effect, but it DEFINITELY has some effect.
So, what's the point of having those ratings in the first place? Aside from letting people know if a game is gruesome or not, there's no real repercussions of young kids getting a hold of 'mature' games.
Well, highlighted IS the reason for the rating system. Although the "people" in question are supposed to be the parents who are supposed to,you know , be parenting their children.
If children are buying these games without parental supervision, then they are already being trusted by their parents to have enough assets available to them to be able to do so. If their children are able to obtain the funds without their parents knowing, then they should be able to realize this when unknown 40$ games appear around the house.
Busy or not, theres correlatable signs to be able to track your childrens actions. And as a parent, no cry of correlation isnt causation will fly as you don't need a warrant to check their room.
Do apologize if you're wrong though.
Hell, when I was younger, I sure didnt ask to get some "mature game". That mark wasnt even around then. You bought/downloaded/copied a game to see if it was good.
Whoops. That Leisure Suit Larry is mature, I guess. Oh well.
These days, people just download what they cant buy. If 16 yr old cant buy said game, just rip it from piratebay. Really, who cares?
Possibly to inform the parents that should be making the purchase to begin with?
The same reason insulation must display a resistivity value: so the customer knows what the hell they're buying. It might not be illegal to sell mature games to young kids, but it's illegal to put a teen rating on those games (or it should be!).
The same reason insulation must display a resistivity value: so the customer knows what the hell they're buying. It might not be illegal to sell mature games to young kids, but it's illegal to put a teen rating on those games (or it should be!).
So you think it should be illegal to put an arbitrary rating on the game other than the arbitrary rating decided by some (arbitrary) people?
While I'd agree with you if the box says "Contains no violence" when the game does in fact contain violence as that is clearly mislabeling a product. However, something being labeled that it is acceptable for a teen is a rather arbitrary distinction.
...there's no real repercussions of young kids getting a hold of 'mature' games.
Just because there are no legal repercussions, doesn't mean there are no repercussions. Likewise, if your kids watch an X rated movie, the police don't bust them, but you might ground them. It's the job of the parents to raise kids, not the police.
Ratings are there so that sales clerks and parents can stop children from buying inappropriate items.
too bad that 15 year didn't have GTA to play. He would have known to have sex with the hooker first.
However he did have Larry. That's how he knew to avoid sex with the hooker at all cost.
The hand grenades I can see, but what would you do with the role-playing game?
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What about my right to play M-rated games online without prepubescent rants about how my mother is a slut who sleeps with any guy who can pwn her n00b of a son who can't even sploit his way to the 1337 sn1p3r spots? Or listen to little Billy discuss how he discovered the joys of masturbation!
Thanks Minnesota attorney general. You really saved the day, you jackass.
Realize where that money comes from they're now paying, and what it was being used for in the first place.
Such things affect everyone, no matter how much he doesn't care about games. Or whatever other trivial matter that should be handled by people individually is being made a public issue.
Nannystates aren't just interfering with your privacy and free decision, they also cost a ton of money that could be spent better.
Realize where that money comes from they're now paying, and what it was being used for in the first place.
Such things affect everyone, no matter how much he doesn't care about games. Or whatever other trivial matter that should be handled by people individually is being made a public issue.
Nannystates aren't just interfering with your privacy and free decision, they also cost a ton of money that could be spent better.
Actually, the money was spent very efficiently. It gave Pawlenty national exposure as the good guy fighting evil and protecting the children. And at a very convenient time, just when McCain sewed up the nomination and it became obvious that he might need a more straight party line guy as his VP.
Care to tell me what my benefit is?
If anything, it told me that Pawlenty guy wastes my tax money. Now, I don't know him, but should he be a politician, I wouldn't vote for him. What the US needs right now is politicians who can spend money wisely and know where it's put best to help the economy recover.
Of course you can't predict with certainty which projects are "good" for the economy. But it doesn't take a genius to know what kind of projects aren't. Care to tell me what beneficial effect should have come out of this suit?
What this reeks of is a cheap (or rather, not so cheap) attempt to appear hardcore and protective of our kids. Why people consider this a good thing is beyond me. What your kids may or may not do should be first of all your business. That's what parenting is all about. If you don't wan
As stated above, if you get rid of responsibility, you also invariable have to hand over freedoms. Why someone would want to do that is beyond me.
My theory is that people follow this train of thought: "I don't play games/watch $genre/use the internet, so if they regulate it it's fine by me, since I don't have to take care that my kids don't play violent games/watch $genre/get lured by some molester".
So the only solution would be to get more people online, more people to play games, more people to watch porn
Ummm...I think that you might be confusing plaintiffs with defendants.
The ESA sued the Minnesota AG, as a proxy for the state. The analogy here would be that this is like being sued by the MPAA. It is my understanding that that is something to be avoided. Perhaps the lesson here is that being sued by the ESA is also to be avoided.
Why not lock up the parents who allow their offspring to possess "mature" material.
Enforcement of parenting skills would go a lot further than trying to ban everything in sight.
I wonder if the religious do-gooders who started this suit will have to foot the bill personally.
Who the heck are you to tell me how to raise my kids and what I may or may not show them?
I'm the same person who's telling the publishers what they may or may not publish. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Don't take this personally, but could someone please shoot you? Two flies with a stone and all that.
If you imprison parents, who's going to watch their kids?
Parents have the right to raise their children any way they want, and stepping back outside of the imagination of morals, it's the point of the more darwinian aspect of intelligent life to leave it to parents to make the decisions they want.
If their children then 'succeed at life', then they're influence may have helped. If their children 'fail at life', then that's just nature taking it's course.
We can't have winners without losers, and worse, we can
Ok, you go lock up the parents of every teenage boy (or girl) who possesses some form of pornography.
Let's see how well our economy continues to function once 80-90% of our citizens age 35-55 are in jail...
Suddenoutbreakofcommonsense and Haha
I mean, there's no provable, causal link between violence and porno either. AND porno has been found, time and time again, to BE protected.
There's something schizophrenic going on here...
Sure it is. For some odd reason it's more acceptable to show how people hurt each other than to show how people pleasure each other.
Don't ask me why. But take the average PG13 action movie, with gunfights, people "dying", explosions... if you showed the same detail in sex, the movie would get an M. If it wasn't outlawed for too extreme display of weird sexual practices in the first place.
Why did they bother with a $65k fine? I would have been more impressed if they had made it a $65,535 fine or something.
But that's only $64k (a dollar less than it, actually), which is clearly less than $65k.
Why did they bother with a $65k fine? I would have been more impressed if they had made it a $65,535 fine or something.
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Washington - The Supreme Court gave the pharmaceutical industry a pair of victories Thursday, shielding the makers of generic drugs from most lawsuits by injured patients and declaring that drug makers had a free-speech right to buy private prescription records to boost their sales pitches to doctors.
In both decisions, the court's conservative bloc formed the majority, and most of its liberals dissented.
About 75% of the prescriptions written in this country are for lower-cost generic versions of brand-name drugs. Federal law requires the original makers of these brand-name drugs to include an approved and up-to-date warning label that tells doctors and patients of possible side effects or complications.
But in a 5-4 decision, the high court said this duty to warn patients of newly revealed dangers does not extend to the makers of generic drugs. Justice Clarence Thomas said that because the federal Food and Drug Administration must approve changes in the warning labels, the generic makers may not be sued under state liability laws for failing to warn patients of new dangers.
"We find impossibility here," Thomas said, because the federal regulatory law and the state liability law are in conflict. The dissenters said the generic drug makers should notify the FDA and its patients as soon as it receives reports of serious new problems.
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The decision in Pliva vs. Mensing throws out lawsuits from two women who developed tardive dyskinesia, a severe neurological disorder, after taking a generic metoclopramide for acid reflux disorder. The drug had been on the market for many years before doctors realized that taking it for more than 12 weeks could trigger the neurological problem.
In the second decision, the court by a 6-3 vote struck down a law in Vermont that barred pharmacies, drug makers and others from buying or selling prescription records from patients for "marketing" purposes. Vermont's physicians had sought passage of the law, arguing their prescriptions were intended for private use of patients and should not become a marketing tool.
Drug makers buy this data to gear their sales pitches to physicians.
But Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said "information is speech" and that, under the 1st Amendment, the government cannot restrict speech because it does not approve of the message. "If pharmaceutical marketing affects treatment decisions," he said, "it does so because doctors find it persuasive."
Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan dissented. Breyer called Vermont's measure "a lawful government effort to regulate a commercial enterprise." The case was Sorrell vs. IMS Health.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized the decision for having "overturned a sensible Vermont law that sought to protect the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship."


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my hips don't lie
Thursday, September 25, 2008
you wouldn't know this by looking at me, i can still run, jump, skip, do cartwheels and shake my booty at old school hip hop night this weekend.
but when i was 12 years old i had three 6 inch screws drilled into my left hip bone to stop it from slipping out of socket. the surgery fixed the problem and i got a huge scar out of it that i still to this day think is super sweet. bonus.
then i come to find out that i need this surgery done to my right hip as well. bummer.
but being the selfish 12 year old that i was i lied and said that it didn't hurt anymore so that i didn't have to get the surgery all over again. i was about to enter junior high - the last thing i wanted was to be on crutches another 3 more months.
fast forward fifteen years. my right hip that i should have gotten surgery on pretty much constantly aches. so much so that it hurts to do simple things like oh, walk.
but being the badass that i am i completely ignore the pain and carry on with my life. i just don't have time.
but once the sharp pains down my leg started i figured i should probably make an appointment with a specialist at the cleveland clinic.
that appointment was today.
basically my doctor compared my right hip to a tire. it has a certain amount of miles left on it till it needs to be replaced.
and since i'm not an 80 year old grandma there is something called hip resurfacing that will need to happen within the next 5 to 10 years. and when that wears away, which it will, i'll have to have a full hip replacement in my 60's. awesome.
but here's the clincher, i can't have the surgery till i am done having kids. so it looks like i have a time limit on my baby making.
no pressure.
of course i started crying. the doctor looked at me completely deadpanned all tom hanks like and said, "are you crying? there's no crying in orthopedics." as he handed me a tissue.
i immediately started to laugh.
well reality has sunk in, and there's nothing i can do to stop me from having this surgery. if i do lose weight it'll help with some of the pain but the arthritis has already sunk in.
my doctor told me to take tylenol arthritis till i can get the surgery.
hmmm. maybe i am an 80 year old woman!
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My 80 yr old back and knees were wondering if you wanted to go piss off the nurses at the Nursing HomeReplyDelete
oh no! :(ReplyDelete
i bet i could get my hands on something a little stronger than tylenol arthritis for ya if ya know what i mean...
wtf! so you have to be in pain until you have the surgery, but you have to have kids before you have the surgery? BOO. seems like they should be able to figure something else out!ReplyDelete
Clay Aiken could always be the father if you wanted to get started right now.ReplyDelete
freeze eggs...ReplyDelete
and i can send you some tylenol-3. i'm pretty sure its illegal to send that through the mail, but whatevs!
Oh NO. This sounds like something wine won't cure, thus I have no suggestions. :-( Sorry for being worthless.ReplyDelete
Wow, that kind of sucks! I'm sorry - especially since I have no advice. :-(ReplyDelete
oh honey...ReplyDelete
There you go lex! Must get to the gym, get fit/lose weight, find boy, make baby, fix hips. I will help you and I love you. Call me.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry about your bum hip. But do you get a handicap sticker for your car? Or preferred seating on the bus?ReplyDelete
Oh, wow. This is so tough, but you are so strong.ReplyDelete
I was just wrestling with trying to decide if I should get the pins in my ankle out or not. This post just put that all in a little perspective.ReplyDelete
Scars are cool. I have a Tiny Fey scar and I tell people I was in a knife fight.ReplyDelete
Ouch a resurfacing sounds painful. I am sorry about your hip!ReplyDelete
That must be so hard on you!ReplyDelete
At least it's not that you can't have kids, that would kill me.
Start the hubby-hunt!
Ouch, ouch, I'm sorry about your hip. At least your doctor's kinda funny (to look on the bright side).ReplyDelete
Wow, I'm sorry about that. Although I did laugh out loud to the doc's joke too.ReplyDelete
Damn that sucks. I have bad knees but I can't imagine having to get a hip replacement now. Since you have arthritis do you feel it in your bones when a storm is approaching? I doReplyDelete
Sorry for your hip, but you've got to love that doctor. I wonder if he says that all the time, or he has been waiting 10 years for someone to cry so he could say that. :)ReplyDelete
Awww honey. I'm sorry. It's never fun to hear bad news. Even if you kind of knew it was coming. Don't be hard on yourself. You are living a full life. If you want to have children, you'll find a way. Whether it's traditionally in a marriage, non-traditionally out of wedlock or through adoption. One day you will have kids running all over your life. Just don't rush it before you're really ready!ReplyDelete
Oh, WOW.ReplyDelete
This is insane, Alexa.
I'm so sorry.
I can't even IMAGINE what it'd be like to make those kinds of decisions. (At least if you DO have kids - you can tell them this story and scare them out of being selfish and not getting preventative surgery. A tiny silver lining, perhaps?)
That sucks. But bonus: when my grandmother had her hips replaced they were like awesome bionic hips. Maybe you'll be like that liquid metal guy from Terminator 2!ReplyDelete
A typical hip replacement/revision lasts only about 15 years...ReplyDelete
I actually negotiate prices of hip implants. Thats what I do for a real job...
Femoral resurfacing isn't a bad surgery to get...to tell ya, I dont think the total hip replacement is that bad either. You'll see.
Okay, I've never had any replacements on anything (yet) but I throw my back out like it's my job! Literally. My senior year in college, I threw it out 3 times...in 1 semester.ReplyDelete
Maybe we can get neighboring chairs at the nursing home.
do you wanna make babies with me?ReplyDelete
we can have blogger babies and they will be awesome.
you can take care of them cause you know how I feel about children and all-- but i'm just puttin it out there.
That sucks!ReplyDelete
But look at it this way. . . you have a max of 10 years. That's TEN years to do all that stuff and by then, you'll be ready to settle down and have kids because you've lived your life, you know??
And it could be worse. It could be something say in a year that needed to be fixed. You have 5-10 years! :)
You know what helps?ReplyDelete
This makes me realize how much I take my own health for granted. And such a profound decision to force you to make, on top of everything!ReplyDelete
Oh no! That's no good!ReplyDelete
At least the doc has a sense of humor, though. That quote would have made me smile, too.


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Try to score, I dare you…
Don't mess with Martin…
If there is anything about Russell Martin and what he has brought to the Yankees this year, it is his bulldog mentality. After a strong start at the place, his average has tailed off and he has spent time on the DL. His recent back problems could be a persistent problem, but when he plays, he is 'all-in'. I consider Boston's Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia as championship competitors because they are always ready to play regardless of the game situations and Martin is certainly cut from the same cloth.
On Saturday against the Chicago Cubs, Martin blocked the plate after receiving a perfect throw from left fielder Brett Gardner and prevented a charging Carlos Pena from scoring in the 6th inning. It was a critical situation with the Yanks up by just one run, and bases loaded with Cubs. Given Martin's recent health challenges, you could understand if he had chosen the path of least resistance but that's just not his way.
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I know that Martin is just keeping the catcher's seat warm until super prospect Jesus Montero is ready. I know that Montero needs his at-bat's in the minor leagues, but it would be great for him to spend time learning behind Martin at some point. The sad part is what to do with Francisco Cervelli (we'll cross that bridge when it comes), but Martin plays the position like my all-time favorite catcher, Thurman Munson.
Now pitching for the Yankees, John Doe…
The Yankee scouts definitely deserve kudos for their continued prowess at identifying forgotten or unknown players who can help the team. The latest examples are starter Brian Gordon, who came from Lehigh Valley in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system to beat the Texas Rangers last week, and reliever Cory Wade who had most recently been in the Tampa Bay Rays organization after coming up with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
I've seen comments comparing Gordon, a 32-year-old journeyman minor leaguer, to Aaron Small and Dustin Moseley. Small appeared out of nowhere to go 10-0 in the 2005 season before he vanished back into oblivion. Moseley helped provide rotation stability last season before departing for the San Diego Padres in the off-season. Gordon's stay is most likely very temporary but hopefully he can continue to put up solid efforts like he did against the Rangers. I did read one story that the Rangers were actually interested in signing Gordon, who had a major league opt-out clause in his minor league deal with the Phillies, but when they called, Gordon had already verbally committed to the Yankees.
In a bullpen that has been hurt by injuries (Rafael Soriano and Joba Chamberlain being the most critical), Wade has stepped in to provide solid support. In three games totaling 3 2/3 innings, he has yet to give up a run. The solid performances by guys like Wade and Hector Noesi have allowed David Robertson to excel as the bridge to Mariano Rivera.
I do not expect any of these additions to help the Yankees overcome the Boston Red Sox, but at least they are helping the Yankees tread water until stronger reinforcements can be acquired.
The name rocked the Rockies and will now rumble in the Bronx…
I have to admit that it is strange seeing Dante Bichette's name associated with the New York Yankees. Bichette was best known for his years with the Colorado Rockies, and he had a monster year in 1995 when he hit 40 homers and 128 RBI's to go with a .340 BA. His days in Colorado spawned a close relationship with Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Girardi started with the Cubs organization but was a draftee of the expansion Rockies and was with them until after the 1995 season when he was acquired by the Yankees. I spent time in the early 1990's in Denver so I am well familiar with the "Blake Street Bombers".
The association of the Bichette name with the Yankees, of course, pertains to Dante Bichette, Jr., who was the Yankees first round selection in the recent major league draft. A third baseman, young Dante projects as an eventual power hitting outfielder. Yesterday, the Yankees announced that they had signed Bichette so time will tell if he can eventually play for his father's buddy at the major league level with the Yankees.
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Carlisle have signed Jon-Paul McGovern after the midfielder was released from his contract at Swindon.
The 30-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the League One club.
McGovern joined Swindon from MK Dons on deadline day in August 2007 and made over 150 appearances, scoring eight goals, for the Robins.
"Jon-Paul is a good one for us because he brings a bit of strength and experience to the mix," said Carlisle boss Greg Abbott.
"He can operate out wide or through the middle and will definitely add a bit of steel. He's lively, strong and a very good footballer.
"It`s a step in the right direction for us. He`s one that we`ve known about for a long time and it`s a really good signing for us."
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Richard Boies McKenna Sr., 74, of Bokeelia, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in his home at the end of a dirt road in Bokeelia. He was the oldest son of Sherwood and Katherine McKenna. He was born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., and moved his family to Cape Coral in 1974 from Rockville, Md. He owned and operated Able Auto Care in Cape Coral for over 30 years.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Jean B. McKenna; five children, Carol (Alan) Tucker, Richard B. McKenna Jr., Maryann McKenna, Robert (Linda) McKenna and Suzy (Scot) Goldberg; six grandchildren, Crissy Tucker, Mike Tucker, Matt Tucker, Shane Tucker, Logan Goldberg, Lexi Goldberg; seven great-grandchildren, Brenna, Morgan, Madison, Blake, Austin, Maci and Isabella; sister, Joan (Robert) Boswell of Kensington, Md.; and nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mr. McKenna was preceded in death by his son, Anthony "Tony" McKenna "#55."
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 6, at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church, 12175 Stringfellow Road, Bokeelia. Visitation will start at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Coral Ridge Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to the Tony McKenna Scholarship Fund, c/o Vito Mennona, Mariner High School, 701 Chiquita Blvd., North, Cape Coral, FL 33993. Please visit www.coralridgefuneralhome.com to share in his Life Story and to leave thoughts and memories for his family.


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Watch The ::God Is Imaginary Videos On YouTube ::
So let's say you own a restaurant (in this Example you are God and the restaurant is heaven) The difference between you and God is that God cannot lie.
If he says there is something on the plate, there is something on the plate. Let's say I look around and see many people eating of plates that looks empty for me. i ask them what is going on and they assure me that there is something on the plate. I am free to choose, believe in the restaurant manager and see what's in the plate or don't and leave the place. I would not want to pay the bill and will be sad and hungry outside the restaurant where the party is going on. (just like heaven and hell)
Ps: It reminded me of a scene of peter pan with Robin William :<snip>


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Catherine -
Can you get your email when you are in NV?
Anyway, I think a major part of the problem is that months ago M&D had accepted an invitation to blogger . . . had a password, etc., etc. under the same address they are now using. So Blogger knew they already had an account. You might want to go ahead and just delete the original account. Or let me know and I can delete myself.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Posted by Serena at 10/06/2006 12:49:00 AM
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- Catherine said...
Serena, yes we can access our email and did so last night. Limited time this am as we are about to go to Wilmington. More later.... --Catherine
- Fri Oct 06, 11:05:00 AM 2006
- Catherine said...
Serena, if you can do it, go ahead. This computer is very slow (as you know) so is rather frustrating to try to do much. Maybe that is why it won't let me bookmark it so it comes up with their account?
- Fri Oct 06, 03:11:00 PM 2006
- serena said...
The first account has now been deleted. As long as they can get to the blog and hit the "Add post to blog" or whatever the exact wording is, should work fine. And as long as Blogger is set to remember their passwords.
- Fri Oct 06, 05:05:00 PM 2006
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Morphlabs Outs AWS-Besting OpenStack IaaS for SPs
It's a scalable multi-tenant public cloud solution with built-in billing software
By: Maureen O'Gara
Feb. 6, 2013 04:43 PM
Morphlabs, a member of the OpenStack Foundation that produces integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms, has launched mCloud Osmium, a modular OpenStack-powered public cloud platform that service providers can use to implement highly scalable public clouds quickly without the usual R&D or serious capital expenditures.
It's a scalable multi-tenant public cloud solution with built-in billing software that's supposed to let SPs compete with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on price and performance.
Using its highly configurable structure, Morphlabs says SPs can begin building public cloud infrastructures in 100 vCPU and 15TB blocks that scale as needed. The compute block runs $1,000 and the storage block $1,500. TCO over four years is advertised as being $115,000.
The company says mCloud Osmium eliminates complex software licensing so service providers can simply subscribe to the software for $10/vCPU/month and $100/TB/month to begin offering OpenStack-driven public cloud solutions.
Morphlabs says it's a third the price of Amazon. It figures the widgetry, which also beats out Rackspace pricing, offers SPs a 60% margin. Unlike Amazon, bandwidth is bundled.
The company has also upgraded its modular enterprise-ready private cloud platform. mCloud Helix 2.0 offers 2.5 times the compute power in the same 2U footprint as its predecessor, moving from 80vCPU to 200vCPU and 3TB to 4TB. Scalability of the mCloud Helix 2.0 has increased to up to 2,000 vCPU. It's available as both an on-premise and hosted product.
Dell worked with Morphlabs on the mCloud Helix to produce a turnkey system using Dell's blade servers and Crowbar cloud software and started selling the thing last fall.
Morphlabs says it "has maintained a consistent philosophy toward cloud computing throughout our existence - one that is based on delivering both price/performance and ease-of-use. With mCloud Osmium, we are empowering service providers to compete head-to-head with Amazon Web Services, offering a solution that has a low barrier to entry and out-performs AWS, while still providing the scalability necessary to grow your business. The mCloud Helix 2.0 keeps with our original density and efficiency goals, while increasing capacity and performance, further lowering the barrier to entry in the private cloud space and increasing utility."
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Being away from home during the holidays can be tough for anyone. But for those members of our military who fight for our safety, it can be hard carrying out an often dangerous job and dealing with a void and sense of loneliness.A group of volunteers is working to show our military that we do care.
Volunteers send hugs through the mail to members of our military all over the world.
Military Moms Jennifer Freeman and J'nell Grohman started out sending care packages to their sons, but wanted to reach out to those who don't receive packages from home.
Freeman feels the heartache of being away from her son.
"When they're so far away and you can't just you know give them a hug and a kiss and tell them that you love them... I'm not gonna cry right now," said Freeman.
"We support them because they don't have a lot of the family support that they need," said Grohman.
Over the past 6 months Grohman has been sending packages to Matt, an airman who sent her a special message.
This is a sentence of the letter Matt sent.
"Knowing that people that you have never even met would care about your well being enough to do something like this provided the ultimate source of encouragement for us to get up every day and keep on doing what we needed to do."
And Operation Hugs says regardless of where you are or when, hugs can be sent throughout the year.
Operations Hugs says a care package can make a difference in someone's day and give them the zest keep on fighting.
Anyone can send packages on their own year round. The group has sent over 50 boxes to members of the military for Christmas.
Operation Hugs would like to become a non-profit organization and need volunteers wanting to give legal assistance.
If you want to send a hug to a military member in need below is the Facebook for the Operation Hugs Group.


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RENO, Nevada - The International League defeated the Pacific Coast League by a score of 4-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 10,135 fans in the Dolan Auto Group Triple-A All-Star Game at Aces Ballpark in Reno, Nevada.
Catcher Tony Sanchez of the Indianapolis Indians hit a three-run home run to right field off of PCL starter Jarred Cosart of the Oklahoma City RedHawks in the second inning giving the IL a 4-2 lead.
Sanchez finished 1-for-3 with three RBI and was named the IL Top Star for his game deciding home run.
Michael Wacha of the Memphis Redbirds was named Top Star for the Pacific Coast League after pitching 1 2/3 innings without allowing a base runner.
International League starter Greg Reynolds of the Louisville Bats tossed one inning giving up two runs off three hits and earned the win. Cosart received the loss and was replaced after allowing four runs over 1 2/3 innings.
Louisville's Billy Hamilton led off the game with an infield single and followed that up by stealing second. Back-to-back ground outs advanced Hamilton to third and eventually home to give the IL an early 1-0 lead.
The PCL answered back in the bottom half of the first as Albuquerque's Nick Buss and Reno's Chris Owings hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning. Buss quickly scored off another single from Brett Pill of the Fresno Grizzlies. Owings advanced to third and would score on an RBI ground out off the bat of Brock Peterson of Memphis, giving the PCL a brief 2-1 lead. Peterson finished 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Sanchez' blast in the top of the second inning was the first home run hit in in a Triple-A All-Star Game since Russ Canzler hit one in 2011 and proved to be the game winner for the IL. The PCL would score another run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI ground out by Fresno catcher Johnny Monell, but the IL relief pitchers closed the door, only allowing one hit after the fourth inning.
Chris Bootcheck of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders contributed two shutout innings allowing only one hit. Earning the save was Columbus Clippers closer Preston Guilmet after he came in with two outs in the ninth to get Aces catcher Tuffy Gosewisch to ground out to end the game.
Matt Davidson, the IGT Home Run Derby champ and Reno Aces third baseman, finished 0-for-2 and failed to reach base.
The International League's victory gives them a 9-7 advantage over the Pacific Coast League in Triple-A All-Star Games since the format switched from AL vs. NL 16 years ago. The win also secures home field advantage for IL's representing team in the Gildan Triple-A National Championship to be held on Tuesday, September 17th at Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.


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|2011-04-24, 19:20
|Link #7921
Puppet Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Behind You
Cornelia was one of the more likable characters in both seasons. She was simply doing her job as Governor-General, in a place where she'd lost 3 siblings. You can't expect her to show any compassion or mercy towards the elevens...She did however show that she cared for her subordinates and wasn't willing to sacrifice their lives needlessly. In ep 24 she showed genuine concern for that injured Knight after Lelouch causes the outer edge of the settlement to collapse, and after he sacrifices himself to protect her instead of ejecting like she'd asked, we can see that she is clearly upset by this.
|2011-04-24, 23:04
|Link #7922
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Cornelia is still very much a racist, regardless of any Freudian Excuse. Again, I refer you to her establishing moment where she curb stomps the Middle East and turns it into Area 18.
|2011-04-24, 23:36
|Link #7923
Puppet Master
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|2011-04-25, 03:15
|Link #7924
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: U.S.A.
Age: 30
No, the Nazis weren't racist, they were just winning battles.
|2011-04-25, 11:36
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Join Date: Feb 2008
You came blame Charles for that. As he made up this entire spiel about how Britannia was superior to the rest of world and the strong eat the weak and so forth so he could conquer other nations.
Which BTW was all made up. He just wanted the Ragnarok ruins there. He didn't actually believe in any of it.
|2011-04-25, 19:40
|Link #7926
Puppet Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Behind You
There's a difference between discrimination and racism. You can discriminate people for a number of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with race...
Cornelia wasn't racist, but she did discriminate against numbers. I'm not denying that.
Simply being a conquered native without honorary citizen status was enough to be treated like shit. THere didn't seem to be a racial reason for the discrimination though, and Cornelia lets on that she doesn't necessarily agree or feel that way towards people, but since it is empire policy and she is a governmental figure she has to abide by it.
|2011-05-06, 12:02
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|2011-05-06, 15:10
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|2011-05-26, 13:16
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|2011-06-24, 15:33
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Senior Member
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There was a lot that got derailed due to the fast track the show took.
BTW, an incidental search on some old posts reminded me of certain things, like hating on Ohgi and/or Villetta still being slightly unpopular. Or, the debate about what whether was hero or villain during Zero Requiem. Not to mention how a few people here and there who subscribed to the latter as their own confirmation that he was a bad seed also thought Cornelia was honorable. (Couldn't bring myself to stay any longer to spot any "Lulutards".)
|2011-06-24, 18:06
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Maybe it's just me but doesn't the racist factor seem to be used in the fandom as a giant "this character is bad" marker? I mean, racism sucks in all its shapes and sizes, yeah, but its a really heavy handed way of showing character qualities and motivations. For those who read CG fanfiction on a frequent basis, try to remember how often you've been introduced to a negative character and seen them do something racist within the first 5 minutes just to show how evil they are. You get the idea.
The reason I mentioned this is because it also seems to overshadow a lot of other personal aspects like the giant neon blinking sign that is. Little things that are, nonetheless, important in the grand scheme of things, especially when often liked chracters such as Cornelia or Clovis are involved. Things like how likely they are to commit genocide at the drop of a hat.
Lost an important shipment? Murderize every minority in sight!
Need to catch that one guy that dresses so flamboyantly you can see him from space? Genocide, it's not just for third world countries, anymore!Warning, side effects may include megalomania, paranoia, restless legs sindrome, public executions and your own death being broadcast on youtube. Consult your doctor before use.
As much as it's an extension of racism, it doesn't seem to get mentioned that often (in the fandom), but that doesn't make it any less important. If you decide to go off and kill civilians just because you can, you do not deserve to check out with any sort of pride or dignity, much less your life.
Maybe I'm being anal about details, but when you discuss whether somebody is honorable or not, shouldn't mass murder be the first thing considered? Not discrimination (like not being hired because you're Irish), and maybe not even racism (like beating up somebody, because they're not the same colour as you). Clovis was responsible for Shinjuku and Cornelia ordered her troops to replicate that as closely as possible in episode 7. That should really be enough to make the call.
|2011-06-24, 19:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Yeah. Clovis is a bit of a unique case, since as he was given something of a Freudian excuse, and he ended up getting killed right off the bat anyways.
Cornelia on the other hand ended up living through to the end of the show with no serious atonement or redemption for what she did, the worst of it being that she lost her sister and got seriously wounded on two occasions. She still walked out of the show with a happier ending than many more sympathetic characters did.
Heck, I'm also suspicious of Guilford, who, even though he might have been following his loyalty to Cornelia, participated in many killings, including, IIRC, the ones ordered by Viceroy Calares. And he's been viewed by some as a mensch, when the best that can be said about him is that he's loyal to the bone, to the point that he'd follow Cornelia over his own country.
|2011-06-24, 21:12
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Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 28
There are people who claim that Clovis is honorable?
I must meet them. Just to confirm that there are people out there more hopelessly obsessed with him than I am. It's a scary thought.
Having said that... Clovis was never shown to give a damn about anyone but Lelouch and a few other members of the royal family, so it's not at all certain that he was particularly racist. In the Sound Drama, at least, he was kinda "meh" upon learning that Lelouch had a so-called Eleven for a friend, though it also sounded like he used to blame the Japanese for his little brother's death at one point.
So I'd say it's quite possible he was just trigger-happy rather than horribly racist, which doesn't make him a better person, but more interesting and likeable as a character to me personally.
...But don't mind the over-analyzing fangirl. xD
|2011-06-24, 21:41
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Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 28
By the way...
I mean, if someone somewhere on the Internet were to say, "You know, that Clovis fangirl..." I would automatically wonder if they're talking about me - and not just because I'm paranoid like that.
|2011-06-25, 05:31
|Link #7937
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I really can't shake the feeling that I've seen more than a few people defending him, though. Eh, maybe the I just noticed the exceptions.
|2011-06-25, 09:25
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Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 28
The SD just gave me something to actually work with, making me go from "aw" to "omgomgomg must over-analyze". I have this thing for almost-obsessive brotherly love, little screen-time and tragic irony. And let's not forget the massive issues the royal family in general has.
|2011-06-25, 18:24
|Link #7939
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Marvin Dean Pinkerton, 88, of Sweetser, IN, and a native of Huntington County, IN, died Thursday, May 2, 2013, at his home.
Mr. Pinkerton, a resident of Marion for most of his life, graduated from Marion High School and Marion College (Indiana Wesleyan University). He was a veteran of World War II, serving from 1942 to 1946 as an electronic technician first class with the United States Navy. He participated in the Philippine Liberation and received a Bronze Star. He later worked as a self-employed electrician and for several Grant County companies.
He attended Somerset Christian Church and started home Bible studies along the East Coast. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 60, in Marion, and volunteered at the Marion Veterans Administration Hospital.
He was born June 30, 1924, in Huntington County to Arvill O. and Jessie P. Marshall Pinkerton. He married M. Genevieve Burrows on June 7, 1948, and she preceded him in death on Feb. 25, 1973.
Survivors include a daughter, Leysa M. Taylor, of Sweetser; two sons, Dennis A. (Carol) Pinkerton, of Batesville, and Loren E. (Julie) Pinkerton, of Marion; and a grandson, Eric Stephen Taylor, serving with the United States Air Force in Barksdale, LA.
Calling is Tuesday, May 7, 2013, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Raven-Choate Funeral Home, 1202 Kem Rd., Marion. A service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service. Rev. Michael Severt will officiate. Burial will be at the Mt. Etna Cemetery, in Mt. Etna.
Memorial gifts may be made to SouthernCare Hospice, 2985 S. Webster St., Kokomo, IN 46902.
Online condolences may be made at www.ravenchoate.com [1].
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