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"Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their importance... but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Do they ever make great rulings or do they make rulings out of whim and perhaps tradition? Those quislings and they are if you consider them traitors to the people suck up to government and corporations and do so time and time again.
It is getting worse and the document is rotting further. There's such a weight of precedent and wheedling and interpretation that you cannot read the constitution and know what the court might yield.
We should be able to individually vote to dismiss those priests and if that happ
The Constituion contains the mechanism for amending it.
It's not supposed to be done by executive order, a simple majority vote in Congress, or judicial fiat.
The Constituion contains the mechanism for amending it. It's not supposed to be done by executive order, a simple majority vote in Congress, or judicial fiat.
This is not a piece of code, it's a law. Unfortunately it needs to be interpreted and it stops working when it is interpreted badly (maybe it is like interpreted code?)
You know, like 100 bajilion dollars for downloading 10 songs still has to be interpreted as "cruel and unusual" to be unconstitutional.
Or like current administration arguing that placing you on a "kill list" is fine because it is "due process", just not judicial, reviewed or in any way transparent. But still "due".
Or judges accepting that your "documents" can't be searched, but when they are sent by email or stored on your phone, suddenly that doesn't count as "papers" because they are electronic. Similarly, you cannot be search unless a police dog barks at you/your car. Once the dog barks, the constitutional limits are lifted for some reason.
Or successfully arguing that copyright limits are "limited" as long as they are finite (so "unlimited" is unconstitutional, but extend by 20 years every 20 years is fine)
Or court accepting that administration can wait a few years until the constitutional review of a detention (Jose Padilla) and then transfer that prisoner from military to civil confinement one day before review and claim that the case is now "moot" since the prisoner is no longer in military confinement.
I could go on.
I firmly believe that the founding fathers intended for the constitution to be "as is". Black and White. It means what it says and trying to conjure up a ruling because times change a little bit doesn't give any court the right or power to use a personal interpretation to make a ruling. Why do I believe this? Well they also gave the power to add, remove, amend the constitution through a very lengthy process. This tells me that changing the constitution in any way was very important and it was not meant to be arbitrarily changed at a whim or misinterpreted by someones prejudice. Think about it - technically any judge on any court can say , "well i interpret this to mean that so I am ruling X". That gives too much power to judges and I think most of us here understand that the founders didn't want this..
You can firmly believe that but you would be wrong. The intentionally made the words vague, ensuring that the courts and your legislators would have to interpret it according to their judgment.
What you are implying is that they would be ok with any court or single person in congress having the power of their own persuasion and personal conviction to arbitrarily make a ruling because of his own interpretation. Pretty soon every judge has their own interpretation and as you might imagine this can lead to overwhelming chaos.
And that's exactly right. I don't see the problem here. I do see your misunderstanding, though.
The founders saw that no single set of laws could apply actual justice to every case. Mitigating circumstances and changing technologies had caused "overwhelming chaos" even 200 years ago. When they laid out the framework for the American government, they separated interpretation from legislation intentionally, so the courts could decide how (or if) the slowly-changing laws could apply to each case. Ideally, every case would follow a completely independent interpretation of the rules. For efficiency, though, American courts often follow precedent if the judges feel the circumstances haven't significantly changed since the precedent was set.
Every court can have their own opinion, and they very often do. Each state, county, and municipality can have their own interpretations of the law, which should coincide with the community's collective morality. When there's a significant disagreement, the case can be taken to a higher court for a more authoritative judgement, ultimately even arriving at the Supreme Court Of The United States, whose interpretations can override everything else in the nation.
Despite today's global culture, it is important to remember that humans only naturally compare their behavior to those physically around them. Local groups develop their own morality, and their local laws and customs reflect that. Why should their courts reflect an arbitrary morality from some other group a thousand miles away? We may as well declare tomorrow that America is under strict Muslim rule, and all courts must refer to the Qu'ran for legal guidance.
NOT by having judges make up the law as they go along.
They can't "make up law" they can just interpret vague, confusing, or contradictory laws. The real problem is that lawmakers intentionally pass unconstitutional laws expecting the judicial "line item veto" for the parts they don't like, as that's easier than changing the law. But the judges can't make new law, the worst they can do is allow bad laws (passed and signed) to stay, or strike down good laws, they can't make something illegal that wasn't included in the law. A judge hearing a custody battle over a pet can't "make up a law" to make gay marriage illegal. That level of insanity is left to the lawmakers.
We may as well declare tomorrow that America is under strict Muslim rule, and all courts must refer to the Qu'ran for legal guidance.
Congratulations for invoking the "Muslim Equivalent" to the Godwin Rule.
IMHO, "interpretation" has far passed over (pun intended) into "Modification". And this is especially a danger when it comes to SCOTUS doing the "interpreting"; because the results of their interpretation are not "local" (as far as the U.S. goes, at least).
NO - if courts and legislators can interpret it to mean anything they want then thats a dangerous precedent.
Language *must* be interpreted. Even if not a conscious thought, you take other's words in and decide what you want to take them as. You can't have code without interpretation.
Pretty soon every judge has their own interpretation and as you might imagine this can lead to overwhelming chaos.
Yes, that's why "common law" solved that with the higher court rulings applying to lower courts, and lower courts non-bindingly applying to peer courts.
"I firmly believe that the founding fathers intended for the constitution to be "as is". Black and White"
What the hell means "a is"? It is obvious that the text is not so clear that it only admits one interpretation, so what do you really mean?
Oh, I know: "I firmly believe that the founding fathers intended for the constitution to be as Cutting_Crew reads it".
"I firmly believe that the founding fathers intended for the constitution to be "as is". Black and White"
What the hell means "a is"? It is obvious that the text is not so clear that it only admits one interpretation, so what do you really mean?
Oh, I know: "I firmly believe that the founding fathers intended for the constitution to be as Cutting_Crew reads it".
Cutting Crew? "I just died in your arms tonight?" Cutting Crew? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_Crew [wikipedia.org]
They did a reading of the Constitution? Is it out in audio book form? or do they sing it, put in on Youtube and it got a DMCA notice?
You have to understand that there is no way for the constitution to be "as is". No-one - including constitutional originalists - thinks that that is possible. The process of interpretation necessarily involves information that does not come from the constitutional document itself, and that is a role of judges - to interpret the statute in order to determine what it means in a limitless array of situations. Far from being a criticism your statement "well I interpret this to mean that so I am ruling X" is in fact the right and proper function of a judge.
The opposing view to the living document school of thought is not that no information external to the document can be used; that idea is intellectually moribund, as is apparent the moment you attempt the exercise. The opposing view is constitutional originalism, which looks outside the document just as much as do living-document jurists. The difference is where they look: instead of looking at the prevailing circumstances today and what the meaning of the words would be if enacted today they look at the circumstances at the time of enactment and what (in the judge's interpretation, for the judge is interpreting things just as much here) the words would have meant at the time. It is important to bear in mind that this does not normally have anything to do with what the authors of the constitution wanted the constitution to say or meant for it to say. The question is what it would generally have been understood to have meant at the time.
Personally I tend to lean toward a constitutional originalist view. It must be accepted, however, that there are considerable problems with it. The living document school grew up in large part because a constitution interpreted in line with the values that were held 200 years ago is often irrelevant or useless. Advances in technology mean that checks on privacy interpreted as they were understood in the 18th century can be completely impotent. Similarly a clause guaranteeing due process is of little comfort if all it guarantees is the quality of due process that was accepted in 1790. There is also to my mind a clear contradiction in the commonly held position that in relation to rights the constitution grants nothing that would not have been expected in the eighteenth century, but that the second amendment grants the right to own any weapon whenever devised.
It is important to bear in mind that this does not normally have anything to do with what the authors of the constitution wanted the constitution to say or meant for it to say. The question is what it would generally have been understood to have meant at the time.
It depends on whom you ask. Some scholars try to draw distinctions between "originalism" and "textualism." While these terms aren't consistently used in the literature (as far as I can tell), the common distinction made is that "textualism" is about the original text (i.e., what the plain meaning of the words is, particularly around the time of the drafting of the law), while "originalism" is centered on the original legislative intent of the statute. Some approaches may emphasize the meaning of the text
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court will probably uphold the lower court's judgment, not because they think the law is just, but because they will agree that the lower court was right about what the law IS. It's a stupid law and you might even see that expressed in the opinion, but they'll probably say that it's not their job to decide whether the law is stupid or unjust.
...they'll probably say that it's not their job to decide whether the law is stupid or unjust.
And it isn't. The legislature makes the law, and the courts just figure out how it applies to each case.
This is the point that is often overlooked.
Here's Conneticut vs Fourntin -
http://womenriseupnow.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/state-of-connecticut-v-fourtin/ [wordpress.com]
Everyone is screaming "travesty" - I am digging around trying to find the awful case that results if the ruling went the other way.
However Slashdot threads are only good for 2 days anyway so I won't find it before everyone leaves anyway.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court will probably uphold the lower court's judgment,
Ah, between Citizen United, the binding arbitration clause (I forget the name) and this case, aren't we "the people" screwed?
Soon, we'll just receive pamphlets from corporations that have 51% shares in our local city and follow these instead of any government laws...
Well for SW it's claimed it's a licence, thus you cannot resell the licence.
Of course it too has certain protections and if those are to the benefit to the consumer then it's switched around to say it's a normal purchase.
If first sale is held not to apply to goods manufactured outside the United States, every product we buy will be accompanied by a non transferable shrink wrap license,
Then comes the definition of "sold". Do the manufacturers "sell" the product to the distributors? Is that "sale" outside the US? It is about multinational companies creating local monopolies through licensing.
Another point to ponder is the question of legality. Is contravening a license breaking the law? I seem to remember a EULA case where breaking a license was a tort offence not a criminal one. They are two different things. It would seem that by law the books could be sold in the US but by contract they
Why Honda's are made in the USA. it is fords, GM's and such that are made in mexico and shipped here.
Honda, Toyota, Nissan all manufacture more cars in the USA than Ford or GM do.
If "First Sale" does not apply then how the hell can a Store who bought the property sell it to consumers? Hmm? Oh, sure some stores have direct permission from the manufacturers, but What about Amazon? What about the mom-and pop corner store that buys many of their goods from big-box stores and sells at a higher price in trade for convenience? Garage sales?
IMO, The "ownership" of any matter or idea or other energy configuration is terminated when it leaves your possession or head. If you don't want
If "First Sale" does not apply then how the hell can a Store who bought the property sell it to consumers? Hmm? Oh, sure some stores have direct permission from the manufacturers, but What about Amazon? What about the mom-and pop corner store that buys many of their goods from big-box stores and sells at a higher price in trade for convenience? Garage sales?
The wholesaler grants a onetime non-transferable license to sell the product, and the included end user license. Violation of the terms of such license
The doctrine was first recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1908 (see Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus) and subsequently codified in the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 109. In the Bobbs-Merrill case, the publisher, Bobbs-Merrill, had inserted a notice in its books that any retail sale at a price under $1.00 would constitute an infringement of its copyright. The defendants, who owned Macy's department store, disregarded the notice and sold the books at a lower price without Bobbs-Merrill's consent. The Supreme Court held that the exclusive statutory right to "vend" applied only to the first sale of the copyrighted work.
Shrink wrap licenses are the whole point of First Sale. Once an object is sold to you the owner loses all rights to it. Any papers included with the object become void.
All property relations in the past have continually been subject to historical change consequent upon the change in historical conditions.
The French Revolution, for example, abolished feudal property in favour of bourgeois property.
The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few.
In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.
We Communists have been reproached with the desire of abolishing the right of personally acquiring property as the fruit of a man's own labour, which property is alleged to be the groundwork of all personal freedom, activity and independence.
Hard-won, self-acquired, self-earned property! Do you mean the property of petty artisan and of the small peasant, a form of property that preceded the bourgeois form? There is no need to abolish that; the development of industry has to a great extent already destroyed it, and is still destroying it daily.
Or do you mean the modern bourgeois private property?
But does wage-labour create any property for the labourer? Not a bit. It creates capital, i.e., that kind of property which exploits wage-labour, and which cannot increase except upon condition of begetting a new supply of wage-labour for fresh exploitation. Property, in its present form, is based on the antagonism of capital and wage labour. Let us examine both sides of this antagonism.
To be a capitalist, is to have not only a purely personal, but a social status in production. Capital is a collective product, and only by the united action of many members, nay, in the last resort, only by the united action of all members of society, can it be set in motion.
Capital is therefore not only personal; it is a social power.
When, therefore, capital is converted into common property, into the property of all members of society, personal property is not thereby transformed into social property. It is only the social character of the property that is changed. It loses its class character.
Let us now take wage-labour.
The average price of wage-labour is the minimum wage, i.e., that quantum of the means of subsistence which is absolutely requisite to keep the labourer in bare existence as a labourer. What, therefore, the wage-labourer appropriates by means of his labour, merely suffices to prolong and reproduce a bare existence. We by no means intend to abolish this personal appropriation of the products of labour, an appropriation that is made for the maintenance and reproduction of human life, and that leaves no surplus wherewith to command the labour of others. All that we want to do away with is the miserable character of this appropriation, under which the labourer lives merely to increase capital, and is allowed to live only in so far as the interest of the ruling class requires it.
In bourgeois society, living labour is but a means to increase accumulated labour. In Communist society, accumulated labour is but a means to widen, to enrich, to promote the existence of the labourer.
In bourgeois society, therefore, the past dominates the present; in Communist society, the present dominates the past. In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
And the abolition of this state of things is called by the bourgeois, abolition of individuality and freedom! And rightly so. The abolition of bourgeois individuality, bourgeois independence, and bourgeois freedom is undoubtedly aimed at.
By freedom is meant, under the present bourgeois conditions of production, free trade, free selling and buying.
But if selling and buying disappears, free selling and buying disappears also
Slashdot is upvoting the Communist Manifesto? That's unexpected.
(funnily enough, the marxists.org page, which hosts the Manifesto, claims copyright over the document! It's probably over the translation, but still hilariously hypocrite)
> All property relations in the past have continually been subject to historical change consequent upon the change in historical conditions.
American property law acknowledges precedents that stretch back into the middle ages. This isn't France where they declare a new Constitution every 3 years.
Americans at large buy too much into the notion fed to us by our public schools that American history doesn't extend back much further than 1776. This isn't the case at all.
It takes a long time for democracy to ge
Yes, first sale doctrine applies in this case. It's a no-brainer. Nobody here or in the court will be thinking about whether or not the foreign student stole the textbooks - because he did not. Nobody is accusing him of copying. Nobody is saying the items are counterfeit. The whole point of this case will be to try to figure out a tricky legal way to accuse the student of stealing. That is the only reason for debate. The 'under this title' part of the reasoning for debate is moot anyway since the law is meant to be applied equally - and equal application would mean 'lawfully made under this title' when the law agrees in both governing states (which is not even being argued.)
The doctrine of first sale is a simple idea and concept - one that can apply easily in courts around the country and the world. The biggest problem we are all worried about is if our corrupt Surpreme Court will once again come up with complicated 'reasoning' to decide yet another case where the big corporation beats the young entrepreneur. If I want to copyright my apples and sell them for 1 penny in China and $3000 in Canada, why should I have any further control over the people in China realizing my ridiculous pricing? Free market capitalism and globalism needs to go both ways. If a corporation is free to charge different prices, the consumers or middle men should be free to resell them - until the price points meet market demands.
What the Supreme Court should do is morally, lawfully, and reasonably easy to decide. What they will do is a big fucking can of worms because of the current move toward corporatism.
> " If I want to copyright my apples and sell them for 1 penny in China and $3000 in Canada, why should I have any further control over the people in China realizing my ridiculous pricing?"
Actually, the more compelling question is: Why would citizens of Canada continue to stay in Canada (or any other top-tier priced nation) where they are clearly being en-serfed under such policies.
The evidence is growing that the so-called "First World" is for suckers.
Actually, the more compelling question is: Why would citizens of Canada continue to stay in Canada (or any other top-tier priced nation)
Not sure what exactly the question states
Because you _cannot_ make a first-tier salary while living in a third-tier country? Leave Canada for China and you will be downgraded to an average Chinese salary. Corporations are able to get labor in the third-tier poor countries and sell you stuff at the first-tier prices, since that's where you live.
But good luck trying to get the reverse and make US salary living in China (or even UK Salary in british pounds while living in US). Globalization was not meant t
Globalization has enabled hundreds of millions to people to rise from poverty and many into middle-class, but since those are Chinese and Indonesians and not privileged Americans, they don't count, right?
The hypocrisy and selfishness disguised as anti-corporativism is disgusting.
Globalization has enabled hundreds of millions to people to rise from poverty and many into middle-class, but since those are Chinese and Indonesians and not privileged Americans, they don't count, right?
hm...? I am not saying "down with globalization" - I am happy for any non-American that rose out of poverty (just as I would be for an American that rose out of poverty)
But none of this explains why Australians can't buy a DVD or a game from US at US prices. Let _everyone_ benefit from globalization.
You said "Globalization was not meant to benefit peons like us," when in fact it does benefit a lot of "peons". It just doesn't benefit you.
But none of this explains why Australians can't buy a DVD or a game from US at US prices
Games cost more because you buy them at those prices, hence retailers and distributors have no incentive to lower them.
Companies are like children, you can't complain they are lazy and don't do their homework if you reward such behavior.
Stop paying and they'll drop.
Living in a Foxconn dormitory isn't "middle class".
Even in the Soviet Union they had higher expectations than that.
Never said it was. But many (not most, unfortunately) have already moved up from that level.
For the majority that hasn't, it still beats the alternative, which is all they would have if it wasn't for the "big bad" globalization.
(a) Infringing Importation or Exportation.— [cornell.edu]
(1) Importation.—
Importation into the United States, without the authority of the owner of copyright under this title, of copies or phonorecords of a work that have been acquired outside the United States is an infringement of the exclusive right to distribute copies or phonorecords under section 106, actionable under section 501.
Well, I can sort of see why the law doesn't want to let you go jurisdiction shopping. If US law says any copy legally made under foreign law is equal to one made under US law then you can pick any one of 165+ copyright laws (Berne convention, more if any country) that is most favorable to you. Like in this case, I'm sure what they're worried about is that you can make an online shop and say the manufacture and sale happens outside the US, it is only delivered to the US which circumvents any local law.
Free market capitalism and globalism needs to go both ways. If a corporation is free to charge different prices, the consumers or middle men should be free to resell them - until the price points meet market demands.
I would abstract that principle even further. If a corporation is free to move manufacturing overseas where it's cheaper, then likewise people should be free to buy products overseas for cheaper and import them into the U.S. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Purely looking at the law, I'd likely agree with you, but reimportation is more complicated than it appears on the surface.
Let's establish some givens:
1. Publishers are out to maximize profits, and
2. Regional pricing gives greater access to consumers in poorer countries.
If reimportation were to be fully legal, these US companies, whose greatest profit comes from domestic sales, would be far more likely to raise export prices to match domestic prices and cope with decreased export sales than to depress what
2. Regional pricing gives greater access to consumers in poorer countries.
It also give more access to businesses in poorer countries. Those businesses then use those lower costs to undercut businesses in the USA and hence move more jobs abroad.
"Imagine not being able to sell your 4-5 year old car to buy a newer model. How will this ruling apply to things such as the secondary market for used CDs (many of which are imported)?"
There is a possibility that can SCOTUS rules that individuals have no rights to sell anything used. Think that won't happen? Well, the Citizen's United case was much more narrowly defined than what eventually came out of the Roberts court. One can only hope that, if they rule that way, Congress will wake up and set things
"Do what thou wilt"
So they can do whatever they want. Thread over.
textbooks are about profit and changing them very fast
You can't declare that ownership laws in another country apply to you when they protect you (e.g. copyright law) and at the same time declare that they don't apply to you when they protect someone else. This would be a slam-dunk case if not for certain Supreme Court Justices who can't help but give big slobbery kisses to any corporation that gives them the time of day.
ban professors from ripping pages out of books to get a grade or forcing you to buy the book + online tests. make that you only can pay a small fee to cover the costs of on line testing / homework system with a price cap.
also force professors to let you use old editions as most of them are the same other then moving stuff around and different questions. And some classes don't even need the books at all.
It's also not "is there an inherent property right to sell one's property, without interference from other people". It's sad and depressing that our freedoms have fallen so low that we have to beg the government kindly to permit us to sell our property.
It's sad and depressing that our freedoms have fallen so low that we have to beg the government kindly to permit us to sell our property.
Our "property" slowly mutates into "temporary leased and highly restricted item".
Have you tried to sell a DVD in a different country? (region encoding)
How about reselling a software license?
A used game? (special one-time use codes)
Statute law trumps common law.
I love this quote:
The whole idea of the copyright laws is to provide people with an incentive to create books, movies, or other works of art. If you take away that incentive, you're not going to have creators out there doing things that give us pleasure or educate us.
There is always an issue with absolutes like "take away". There is still incentive but perhaps less. Maybe there will be less incentive to make new editions that consist of a few page changes and different examples.
It would seem that the publisher is quite happy with the cut they get from foreign distribution at lower prices and seem to be making a profit or they would not be doing it. The re-sale restriction just gives local monopolies to licensed publishers so they can demand the maximum
I always hate that part. some of the biggest names in history produced all their work without any form of copyright. Why do people think that if we gave "only" a measly lifetime of protection people would suddenly stop creating?
It's time to abolish copyright completely. We did fine without it before, we'll do fine without it again.
wrapped in brown paper and with a lock on it. You're only selling the paper that's its written on, the lock protects the written stuff. Not you problem it the buyer breaks the lock after purchase.
Or if you're selling it why not state I'm selling the paper from this book. Its up to the buyer to not read the copyrighted print.
I've bought textbooks from overseas before as they were 1/4 the cost of a one here and nearly identical (paper is cheaper, quality control is non-existent and rarely some chapters/questions are different). The textbook explicitly says not for purchase or resale outside of India (or whatever country).
He made $37,000 in revenue according to the article -- this isn't just a few books, this is an import business he set up. In this case, the student bought and sold them for profit. This is clearly trying to circ
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In my last post I
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Life at Imperial College London - In Meme Form!
(DISCLAIMER: I did not make any of these memes. If you are offended, don't send me hate mail - address your complaints to...okay so actually there's no one you can complain to. You can, however, shake your fist in the air and curse youngsters and the deplorable state of society these days. I find it helps.)
In my last post I
fried your brains brought laughter into your lives by highlighting some Cambridge memes. Now let's look at some Imperial College ones. These are a lot more subtle. And show some definitive patterns. Can you guess what they are?
In my last post I
This was the first one I saw and made me laugh so hard I almost sued the author for keyboard damage due to spraying Coke all over my laptop through my nose. It's commentary on the infamous gender ratio at Imperial. Don't get it? Here's a hint.
Same trend as the above. This is why Jay-Z doesn't go to Imperial anymore. Getting it yet?
Okay, now on to the trend Imperial is perhaps, um, most famous for. Stop me if you've heard these before:
The 'Inception' meme, but this one has a creative use for Leonardo DiCaprio's slitted eyes. It's commenting on the ethnic make-up of most students at Imperial. Get it? No? Here's another one:
If the meme above made me spray Coke out through my nose, this one made me spew other fluids out through other orifices. (Saliva. From my mouth. Stop being dirty-minded. --Ed.) Imperial's library is open 24 hours - except for one night per week, on Friday.
Walking from the engineering campus to the Bio building is like entering a different country. Kind of like driving into Ealing from pretty much anywhere else in London.
If you still don't get it, a popular saying at Imperial is "Imperial College is the best engineering school in southern China. Imperial College Medical School is the best medical school in southern India". These may not be statistical facts, but hell are they good for meme-making!
But wait! It's not all obscure satirical trends - we can still bitch and moan about normal university stuff too!
The Central Library is a battleground. Too many students, too few computers. Seriously. I know of students who were diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after an afternoon of trying to find spare computers in there.
And if you do, you better damn well make sure your question's intelligent enough to need a PhD thesis with at least three Chinese graduate students to answer. Or else.
This one pisses people off. A lot. Somehow the past-year papers end up being e-mailed around by seniors though. When you first started pirating
porn movies, music and games, did you ever think you'd one day be pirating exam papers?
And again, it wouldn't be Imperial if we didn't take a shot at our favourite rival London university, courtesy of the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter:
UCL = University College London. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't know what that stood for. It's just some small-time university up north of London with a bigass hospital and way too many club nights. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
3 comments:
- Ms-Ellisa said...
"Library closed"..
been there!!
Glad to see you are back to blogging too...
*new post every 3-5 days?! Are you ill? Are you coming down with sth?!?! LOL*
Nice to see an old friend :)
- 3:03 pm
- The Angry Medic said...
Ms-Ellisa: YOU'RE ALIIIIIVE! ZOMG! Thank God, I thought I was all alone out here! And yeah haha I'm posting regularly - who knows how long it'll last before my lazy ass catches up with me again eh?
I'll be on your blog!
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Another story of government confiscation from central Christchurch:
We have the dubious distinction that our commercial property (read it's sorry tale here) is situated within the precinct pencilled in for the new stadium. We resigned ourselves to the fact that our land would be lost to us, but were buoyed by the stated intention to quickly and fairly manage the land acquisition process…
Their first mistake!
We dutifully gave CCDU all the required information about our property within the week of the announcement of the blueprint. And then we waited. And waited.
How do businesses manage with this kind of uncertainty? [Answer: see yesterday's post on "regime uncertainty."]
It's taken three months and this week we received notification that the Crown has obtained a valuation on our land and that valuation would mark the starting point for a negotiation about land purchase.
The valuation was orders of magnitude below what they expected. Naturally, the forced "sellers" want at least as much as they would have to to spend to get a replacement piece of land anywhere similar. Whereas the confiscator (the government) wants to spend as little as possible. And in a flattened central city with less business activity than downtown Ekatahuna, they're keen to pick up land to carry out their grand plan for as little as possible—and trying to do it for as little as possible by confiscating land
for nowt with made-up valuations.
Under the Public Works Act, an owner could at least challenge the valuation on which the government based its pay-out for your confiscated land. But not on Czar Gerry's watch you can't:
Here's where it gets interesting. The Crown contracted valuers Colliers and Telfer Young to perform all the valuations. As would be expected, we requested from CCDU's agent a copy of the valuation. Strangely we were told that:
Unfortunately we are not allowed to hand out the Crown valuations. The reasoning behind this is that
we have made an offer at market value (based on the Crown's valuation) and it is up to the property
owners to provide evidence contrary to that of the crown if they disagree.
This is highly unusual – in usual negotiations, be they rental or buy and sell ones, both parties have access to valuations and hence negotiations can happen in an open and transparent manner. In this case that is not the process and the Crown, despite its stated intention to act fairly, honorably and flexibly with landowners, would seem to be taking the role of commercially-driven land banker, while at the same time sheltering under the protection of an unprecedented piece of legislation which puts all the power in their hands.
Calling them "commercially-driven land bankers" is far, far, far too kind—unless Mr Benes means it as some kind of complex rhyming slang.
And yes, it is highly unusual. The last time land was nationalised in New Zealand on the scale now being carried out in Christchurch, it took over one-hundred and fifty years for settlement to be reached.
People are shaking in fear at the power that CCDU and CERA are wielding in this city. What we have here then is a situation where the crown is demonstrably acting in a prejudicial manner that is designed to minimize the amount they have to pay for land. In other words, the Crown is using subterfuge to duplicitously rob land owners of fair value for their land, and in doing so, is furthering its intention to make an economic windfall from the future sale of acquired land.
Yes, that's the other strong rumour around town…
… that the Crown is intending to acquire land… at an artificially deflated price and to later sell that land at inflated prices.
It's not like it's unprecedented for a NZ government to do this. That is, after all, how New Zealand was settled.
Alas, yet again, it would seem that something is rotten in the state of Christchurch.
He just said a mouthful.
But given the source of that rot, supporters of the National Party's "nationalise everything" earthquake policy should look closer to home.


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Linked by Hadrien Grasland on Thu 19th May 2011 21:31 UTC
Having read the feedback resulting from my previous post on interrupts (itself resulting from an earlier OSnews Asks item on the subject), I've had a look at the way interrupts work on PowerPC v2.02, SPARC v9, Alpha and IA-64 (Itanium), and contribute this back to anyone who's interested (or willing to report any blatant flaw found in my posts). I've also tried to rework a bit my interrupt handling model to make it significantly clearer and have it look more like a design doc and less like a code draft.
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Unfortunately, I'll ask kernel/user mode separation and paging capabilities among the minimal CPU features requirements for my OS, and I don't think the 6502 provided those, so this submission is invalid ^^
(More seriously, I totally could have a look later for the sake of extreme completeness)
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Coming to grips with loss haunts the characters of our fall books.
What makes a story memorable? Vivid characters stay with us long after plot details fade. Every writer must fashion flesh, bone, and spirit from words. But author truly becomes alchemist when he breathes life into characters and creates people we connect with, ones we can't seem to forget.
Model Home (Scribner, 2010), the confidently crafted first novel from Eric Puchner '93, is an absorbing tale about a troubled suburban family. Puchner populates his fictional universe with an extraordinary array of eccentric yet believable individuals. The distinctly drawn characters have quirks and foibles aplenty. But their strangeness engages, rather than alienates, the reader. The author uses humor and a keen insight into human behavior to help us understand them from the inside.
The five members of the Ziller family often behave strangely. Since their move from Wisconsin to tony Palos Verdes, California, they seem to orbit their home more than inhabit it. The separate paths of two parents and three kids rarely intersect.
In moving, dad Warren wanted to provide them all with a better life by pursuing a classic version of the American dream: go West, and make a fortune in real estate. By the summer of 1985, however, his dream has become a nightmare. A toxic waste dump is opening next to the community of affordable homes he has just built. He has invested everything in the now worthless development.
Warren's immediate goal is to keep his family in the dark about their impending bankruptcy. It is surprisingly easy, with wife Camille and the kids distracted by their own pursuits and problems.
Camille, an earnest public school health educator, struggles to avoid controversy while making a sex-ed film, Earth to My Body: What's Happening? Son Dustin, 17, keeps busy with surfing, girl trouble, and his garage band, Toxic Shock Syndrome. Daughter Lyle, 16, makes lists of things she hates—CALIFORNIA merits all caps—and secretly dates the neighborhood's security guard. Warren borrows Lyle's old Renault when he pretends his Chrysler, repossessed by the bank, is stolen. Its decor reflects her caustic worldview: "A half-naked Barbie dangled from the mirror, twirling from a shoelace noosed around her neck."
Baby brother Jonas, 11, seems "macabre and friendless," even to his own father. He dresses head to toe in orange and obsesses over news of a local girl who has disappeared. "I was thinking whether it was worse to be eaten by sharks or to get picked apart by vultures," he announces one afternoon at the beach.
The kids do vaguely notice that "something weird's going on with Dad." By the time the Zillers go on their annual camping trip to Joshua Tree, they've all had such a stressful summer that the need to confess erupts around the campfire. Warren begins to unburden himself, and "he couldn't stop. It was like sledding down a hill." The truth, however dire, brings them closer than they've been in years. But when the Zillers return home, a terrible accident proves far more devastating than financial ruin.
Model Home doesn't have a magic happy ending. The bad things that have befallen the family can't be undone. Because Puchner's characters see the absurdity and irony around them, however, their wry observations keep tragedy from eclipsing the novel's plucky tone. For example, Warren has to recite cheesy maxims while training as a door-to-door knife salesman, the only job he can find after his real estate venture collapses. He wonders "if losing your last shred of dignity in a place where no one was capable of perceiving its demise was like a tree falling in a forest."
Puchner paints the Zillers as survivors. They don't escape unscathed, but they maintain enough wit and perspective to hang on. And they gain a little more understanding and forgiveness—for each other, and for themselves.
Shakespeare knew four centuries ago that "everyone can master a grief but he that has it." In the Bard's time, childbirth often imperiled a woman's life, something mercifully uncommon in modern America. Losing Charlotte (Knopf, 2010), the debut novel from Heather Clay '93, brilliantly captures a family's anguish when a new mother dies from a rare complication shortly after having twins. Husband, parents, siblings—each processes grief in idiosyncratic, unpredictable ways. "No one's normal," admits Robbie a few weeks after his sister's death.
Losing the vibrant, quirky Charlotte launches the moving, well-told story. However the death itself doesn't take place until almost halfway through the novel, and the first 100-plus pages contain many detours and digressions. Lengthy anecdotes from the sisters' Kentucky childhood and the young couple's New York City courtship and marriage greatly slow the initial storytelling and risk losing readers before they reach the ultimately compelling tale that follows.
Clay focuses heavily on the relationship between Charlotte and her younger sister, Knox, documenting how the sisters were opposites, in personality and behavior, as they grew up together on their parents' horse farm. But chunky paragraphs of description and analysis interrupt the narrative flow.
The story springs to life, however, with Charlotte's shocking death. Clay's writing gains pace and poignancy as her characters reveal themselves through action—or inaction. Knox and Robbie numb themselves watching mindless reality TV programs they "can't quite understand the purpose of." Their father rarely leaves his room, "stay[ing] in bed for most of the time . . . a prone shape in the half dark."
Charlotte's widower Bruce, who has instantly become the single father of two boys, has no choice but to take action. In the hospital, he does briefly consider that "his previously unlimited choices had narrowed to two: either he could force one of the nonoperating windows here open and let himself fall through space toward the barges on the silent, beautiful river, or go through the rest of life this way."
Clay's matter-of-fact, affecting chronicle of Bruce's predicament quickly gives the novel page-turning momentum. In the Manhattan neonatal intensive care unit, Bruce finds himself "an emissary from the VIP section of the obstetrics wing, closed off to the plebes with a velvet rope fashioned out of everybody's worst nightmare." He gains an unexpected ally in Knox. She has firmly declared herself "not a baby person," yet arrives to help him care for the twins when they are released from the NICU.
Bruce and Knox hardly know each other—the sisters were virtually estranged before Charlotte's death—yet, they become a surprising, seamless team as they spend unfathomably grueling, incredibly intimate time tending to the motherless preemies. Taking care of the babies' relentless needs becomes Bruce's anesthetic, Knox's penance, and their unspoken joint process of grieving for Charlotte.
The second half of the tale is beautifully told and leaves the reader wanting more. The process of grief is unique, solitary, painful, and rarely discussed. And it is difficult to understand, let alone describe. In Losing Charlotte, Clay eloquently illuminates the darkness.
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Wikipedia: "Palmyra (;Hebrew: תדמור; tiḏmor, Greek: Παλμύρα, Arabic: تدمر; Tadmur, /ˌpælˈmaɪərə/) was an ancient city in central Syria. In antiquity, it was an important city located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It had long been a vital caravan stop for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert. The earliest documented reference to the city by its Semitic name Tadmor, Tadmur or Tudmur (which means "the town that repels" in Amorite and "the indomitable town" in Aramaic) is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari.
Though the ancient site fell into disuse after the 16th century, it is still known as Tadmor in Arabic (aka Tedmor), and there is a newer town of the same name next to the ruins.The Palmyrenes constructed a series of large-scale monuments containing funerary art such as limestone slabs with human busts representing the deceased."
The haunting secrets of millennia in some of the most ancient cities ever found.


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January 15, 2013 > Senior exemption for Parcel Tax
The Fremont Unified School District provides an opportunity for senior citizens to apply for a Senior Exemption Waiver to the Measure K Parcel Tax annually. Fremont residents, 65 years of age or older on June 30, 2013, who own and live in a single-family home may apply for this exemption.The exemption waiver application is available to the public at every school site, the Fremont Main Library, the Fremont Senior Center and is posted on the Fremont Unified School District web site. Chinese and Spanish translations of the waiver are also available. The application can be filled out online, printed and then submitted with the required supporting documentation. http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/seniorwaiverIn order to provide access for any eligible senior citizen to obtain a form for the Waiver Exemption from the Measure K Parcel Tax, copies will be available at all locations listed above. Please call the following telephone number with any questions - (510) 979-7709.For further information, call 659-2542.


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BSCAA held its Tenth Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony and Celebration at the College on Friday evening, November 3rd. This year's distinguished honorees were Sal Vascellaro '75, Rebecca Cort '76, '78, and Carmen Fariña. Over 100 alumni, family, and friends attended the awards ceremony and the reception which followed. BSCAA President ...tagged: awards, bscaa, carmen farina, rebecca cort, sal vascellaro
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EFF GREENFIELD ANCHORS. This week Need to Know medical correspondent, Dr. Emily Senay, examines whether the Food and Drug Administration's medical device review process adequately protects the public and anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Dr. Josh Rising, project director of the Medical Device Initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/needtoknow
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Jan. 4, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Junior center Mekia Valentine led the Gauchos to victory in their Big West Conference opener, almost single-handedly defeating UC Irvine in UCSB's 54-48 win.
Valentine, a 6-foot-4 junior from Greensboro, N.C., set a school record by blocking 11 shots while also leading the Gauchos with 16 points. She had eight rebounds, falling just shy of a triple-double.
The previous record for blocks in a game was eight, set by Kris Grazzini in 1995 vs. Nevada. Already this season Valentine had seven blocks in a game three separate times.
Valentine, who is averaging 12.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per game this season, has swatted 55 shots this season, already placing her fifth on UCSB's single-season list.
Against UCI, Valentine blocked two shots in the final two minutes and sank a pair of free throws, helping turn an eight-point deficit in the second half into a victory.
The junior also pulled down 11 rebounds last week at Idaho while blocking four shots and then against Gonzaga, Valentine had six points and five boards in limited action.
All men's and women's basketball games will be broadcast live on AM 1490 and AM 990 again this year, and those games will also be available online, by clicking here.. And, UCSB Athletics is proud to announce that the baseball team will have over 20 games broadcast live on the air and through our website, UCSBgauchos.com.
UCSB Athletics has a new weekly radio show called Talk'n Gauchos which airs every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. on AM 1490 KIST. The show is broadcast live from State & A Bar and Grill, located on the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara. Fans are encouraged to attend the show for free gear and ticket giveaways or to even e-mail a question in to one of the guests and have it read live over the air. The show also airs live online via audio streaming and fans can click here to check out the entire lineup of live audio streaming online.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Good thing the Green Bay Packers are off this week.
They're going to need it.
Five of Green Bay's last seven games will be against NFC North opponents, a stretch that could prove every bit as tough for the banged-up Packers as the challenges they faced in the first half. Despite a rocky start -- Inaccurate Reception, enough said -- a four-game winning streak has the Packers back in contention for the NFC North title. They trail Chicago by 1 1/2 games.
Defensive coordinator Dom Capers says "There's always a little more intensity that comes with division games. It'll start right as soon as we get back."


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VSA Arts of Hawaii-Pacific Receives "Award of Excellence in Public Awareness and Advocacy"University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Center on Disability Studies
WASHINGTON, D.C. At the national Vision, Strength & Artistic Expression (VSA) arts annual meeting last month in Washington D.C., VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific received the "Award of Excellence in Public Awareness and Advocacy" for its "Artists Mean Business" Legislative Summit and the opening of the Hawaiʻi Artsplace with the UH Manoa College of Education, Center on Disability Studies.
VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific partners with organizations such as the UH Manoa College of Education; Hawaiʻi Services on Deafness; Pacific Business Center; UH Manoa College of Business Administration; Department of Education; Department of Health; the Hawaiʻi Consortium for the Arts; the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation as well as many other organizations to promote the power of creativity and access the career opportunities in the arts and all aspects of creative industries for people with disabilities.
The "Artists Mean Business in Hawaiʻi" initiative is a statewide effort of social change that concentrates on blending arts education and creative industries with community partnerships that embrace entrepreneurial principles. It is tied to a recent 2004 state Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 199) to convene a statewide taskforce with the Hawaiʻi State Workforce Development Council and the UH Ma¯noa College of Education to develop a comprehensive
statewide strategic plan to formalize creative industries as viable careers and employment pathways for people with disabilities.
Along with the Department of Health, the University of Hawaiʻi have evidenced their long-term support of VSA arts' philosophy and initiatives by granting VSA arts the use of a building in Pearl City to development a statewide Center for Creative Industries, called Hawaiʻi's Artsplace (HAPA). The mission of HAPA is to provide career planning, meaningful employment, mentoring by professional artists as educators, raise public visibility, build community outreach, and create a learning environment that reflects and honors the diversity of the community.
As an arts-focused, creative vocational school, HAPA offers pre-service training for arts instructors and direct-service providers of people with developmental disabilities as well as small-business development courses for artists with disabilities. HAPA was established by VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific because there was no other vehicle in place to address the needs of people with disabilities who desire to hone and cultivate their talents and abilities to become meaningfully employed in creative industries.
"The state of Hawaiʻi has a timely and important opportunity to embark on a movement toward policy and systems change that will positively impact the lives of 230,000 Hawaiʻi residents with disabilities, focusing on creative career opportunities," said Susan Miller, community collaboration coordinator for VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific and a faculty member of the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, Center on Disability Studies.
VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific is the local affiliate of the national VSA arts in Washington, D.C., an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts whose core funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Education. VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific was originally established in Honolulu in 1984, and was reestablished as a 501(c)(3) statewide corporation in 2002.
For more information on VSA arts of Hawaiʻi-Pacific, visit www.vsarts.hawaii.edu or contact Susan Miller at (808) 455-6002.


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Knuckles will be cracked, chin-strips buckled and the NFC East rivalry between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys continues Sunday night in the Lone Star State.
The schedule makers didn't cheat football fans with this storied matchup out of the NFL chute as the Giants and Cowboys are expected to compete for division supremacy in 2013. The two multi Super Bowl-champion franchises, though, both missed the playoffs last season with the Giants going 9-7 and the Cowboys settling for an 8-8 campaign.
New York, now two years removed from their fourth Super Bowl title, has missed the playoffs three times in the last four years, while the Cowboys have been absent in the tournament in each of the previous three campaigns. In fact, the Cowboys have missed the postseason nine times since 2000 and head coach Jason Garrett is starting to feel the heat even before the season commences.
Garrett is 21-19 as head coach of one of the more iconic sports teams in the world and his boss, team owner Jerry Jones, won't hesitate to pull the plug when things start to go awry. Remember, Jones is the same man who handed legend Tom Landry his walking papers, so no job is safe in Big D.
Garrett could have an easier job coaching now that he has relinquished play- calling duties to new offensive coordinator Bill Callahan.
"Being a head coach is a big job and being an offensive coordinator or playcaller is a big job. You have to somehow, someway separate yourself from the two," Garrett said in July. "I've divvied up a lot of the responsibilities I had over the past couple of years, and this is just the next step in doing that."
Jones actually recommended that Garrett make it easier on himself with a team that has finished 8-8 in each of the past two seasons and 6-10 in 2010. There's no question Garrett has struggled with the headphones on the sidelines and injuries have played their role, too. But there will be no excuse this year for Garrett if he fails to live up to his owner's high expectations.
And when expectations are tossed around, how could quarterback Tony Romo not be included in the discussion. Speaking of high hopes, Romo has carried a lightning rod on his back for several seasons now and the conductor that is a new contract could weigh him down. Romo inked a six-year contract extension in late March and the deal is reportedly worth $108 million with $55 million guaranteed.
Romo is coming off a 2012 season that included a career-high 4,903 passing yards to go along with 28 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. However, his passer rating of 90.5 was the lowest of his career. He underwent offseason back surgery to have a cyst removed and missed OTAs. Romo, though, is back for training camp.
"Tony is uniquely qualified to lead this team at the quarterback position for the next several years," Jones said in a statement. "He has an abundance of experience and familiarity with our offensive philosophy, our head coach and the personnel around him. He is moving into a period of time where he can maximize all of his natural skills while continuing to build upon the talents that he has developed since entering the NFL."
Dallas is 4-2 in its last six season openers.
The Giants have lost their last two season openers since winning three in row to kick off a campaign and finished with a 9-7 record in 2012.
New York still has high expectations and rightfully so since most of the big names, mainly on the offensive side, are back. Quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning joins forces once again with wide receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks, and David Wilson enters his first season as a full-time starter. Manning talked about the Cowboys leading up to Sunday's game.
"You know, it's hard not to be excited about it. Obviously they're a very good team with a new defensive coordinator, new defensive scheme, but they still have a lot of good players so we have to go in there and play our best football and see what they're going to do defensively," Manning said. "I'm sure they're going to have a few wrinkles that they haven't shown in preseason but we should be able to adapt to whatever they throw at us and be prepared and go out there and play well."
While Manning is the leader of the team, Wilson has added pressure with fellow running back Andre Brown nursing a fracture in his left leg. Giants fiery head coach Tom Coughlin discussed Brown's injury and what to expect.
"I don't know what I can tell you," Coughlin said. "The guy is hurt. He's got a serious injury. What's his status going to be? I can't tell you that. How long? I don't know. I really don't. I can repeat what you hear out there, but I don't know that's the way it's going to be. I know this: he has a great attitude about it and he really believes that he'll come back faster than whatever number anybody puts on it. I'm rooting for him."
Either way, Coughlin should still be confident in calling Wilson's number and the former Virginia Tech star showed signs of breakout potential during the preseason. Wilson's 5-foot-10, 205-pound frame comes into question with durability, but he isn't concerned what others think. Wilson built his solid foundation at a young age.
"I'm a physical guy. I'm from the country, so I grew up chopping wood and building houses with my dad, all that. I'm well put together."
Carrying the football 25 to 30 times a game may not be ideal for Wilson. Just don't tell him that.
"I'm confident and I know I can do it," Wilson said. "The main thing is to just go out there and do it. No matter what I think, people are going to judge off what they see, so I have to go out there, put it out there and let the coaches see it, let my teammates see it and I'll be in that situation more often."
New York and Dallas split last season's series and the Giants have won eight of the past 11 meetings between the division foes. The Cowboys lead the series, 57-42-2, but Dallas has yet to beat the Giants at AT&T Stadium. "Big Blue" is 4-0 at Jerry Jones' Palace just outside of Dallas and handed the Cowboys their first-ever loss at the new facility back in Sept. 2009. However, the G-men are 0-5 in season-opening games against Dallas, losing in 1965, '86, '95, 2007 and '12.
Coughlin is 11-9 against the Cowboys in the regular season, 10-7 as the Giants' head coach and 1-2 with Jacksonville.
The Cowboys brought in veteran defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin to run the 4-3 scheme he established with the great Tampa Bay teams about a decade ago. Rob Ryan and his complicated system got the boot, and the Cowboys are hoping the transition bears better results.
Kiffin, of course, was at the controls of the Bucs' Super Bowl run and hopes to bring the swagger back to the Cowboys. He has perhaps the best defender in the league in DeMarcus Ware. Offenses must keep an eye out for the freak of nature that is Ware, who has registered at least 11 sacks in each of the past seven years. Ware (56 tackles, 11 1/2 sacks) has never missed a game in his career and should be slighted somewhat he hasn't had the opportunity to play deep into the playoffs.
With Kiffin running the new 4-3 defense and Rod Marinelli guiding the defensive line, Ware could be eyeing another 20-sack seasons, something he achieved in 2008 and came close to in 2011 (19 1/2).
"You have DeMarcus Ware, you have (Jason) Hatcher, you have two good corners. They've got talented players on their defense, their scheme will be very sound and let their athletes run," Manning said. "We've got to go back and look at some old film, some old Tampa stuff, some USC stuff, we have a lot of different film to look at. Obviously if you look at the preseason games, we kind of see what he's done in the past so you have a little idea of what they're going to do, what some of their blitzes and things might be. We know they'll be talented so we have to go out there and execute."
Manning's 135 consecutive starts is the second-longest streak among all active players, regardless of position. He needs 1,935 passing yards to surpass Phil Simms for most career passing yards in franchise history.
Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne are Dallas' starting corners and both Barry Church and veteran Will Allen will play free and strong safety, respectively. If the Cowboys don't play their cards right in the secondary, Cruz may force the home crowd to become ill with his salsa dance and the Giants are hoping a heel issue from the preseason doesn't re-surface.
Speaking of talented pass catchers, the Cowboys have three in Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Jason Witten. Witten has been Romo's favorite target the past few years and now may be the time to switch off the always-reliable tight end, who cannot stretch the field much like Bryant and Austin. Keeping Romo unscathed has been a problem, so if the protection holds New York could be in trouble.
Romo has been treated like a rag doll the last few years, getting sacked 36 times in each of the previous two campaigns. In his last three full seasons, Romo has been sacked 106 times. Running back DeMarco Murray needs some holes, too, and is confident the Cowboys will get it together.
"I have a tremendous amount of faith," Murray said of his o-line. "They're great guys, one of the hardest working groups on our team. Coach Frank (Pollack), Coach (Bill) Callahan do a great job with those guys. They'll be ready come Sunday."
The Cowboys bolstered their offensive line Tuesday by inking Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters. Waters is a native of nearby Waxahachie and hasn't played since 2011 with New England. The longtime Kansas City Chief is not expected to play Sunday.
The Giants may be without one of their top pass rushers Sunday in defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. Pierre-Paul certainly makes a difference up front and the Giants would love to have him against Dallas' seemingly shoddy o-line. Coughlin said Pierre-Paul, who is coming back from June 4 surgery to repair a herniated disk in his lower lumbar region, has "a ways to go" in returning to action and the young defensive stalwart isn't so sure either.
"I don't know," said Pierre-Paul, who noted Monday that fatigue has been an issue. "It all depends if I can take on a double-team and I'm ready for that."
New York will double team Dallas' new-look defense with Cruz and Nicks, and Wilson enters the season opener with a chip on his shoulder. Expect the Giants to grind one out on primetime and keep their unbeaten streak in Big D intact.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Giants 17, Cowboys 13


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#neverliberal #nevermarxist
" Yawn believes government is the problem for the majority of this countries problems, but he also wants to use government to shape the country he wants." Is that okay ?
ABSOLUTELY WRONG.Murder is a moral issue. So is stealing. There are many others. In fact, ALL law is a reflection and imposition of SOMEBODY'S morality. You're also wrong that because a Supreme Court renders a decision, it's final. It is not. Supreme Courts make mistakes. They made one in 1973. EVERYBODY knows it was wrong. It can be overturned. Do a little homework and discover why for yourself--has to do with state's rights. As far as the Gay issue that seems so important to you, MARRIAGE HAS A DEFINITION. What the queers and their supporters are demanding is that the federal government impose their definition on us by CHANGING that definition. Again, you support THAT imposition of homosexual "morality."Like it or not, I still have the right to vote according to my concept of morality. You do too. I can see you will work to put people in office who will impose YOUR morality on the rest of us--the right to kill your child, and to change the definition of marriage. Those are principles I will oppose just as every generation has until this century (2000 to 2012)
I love the government the Founders gave us. I HATE the government and the morality the Democrat Party is IMPOSING on us -- always moving to the left toward Communism.
After 70 years, the government the Founders gave us, ceased to exist.
As long as we continue to think that it is Washington's job to stop other people from doing things we don't like, whether it is abortion, smoking pot, cutting down trees, saying a prayer in school, owning guns, drilling for oil, eating unhealthy food....................................ad nauseum.We will get exactly what we deserve. A massive government that is directly involved in every aspect of our lives. Freedom will become a distant memory.
I think it should remain illegal.The thing that bothers me about this issue (other than a few of you guys who obsess over your "right" to be stoned, I NEVER think about the issue) is that with all of the serious issues facing us, the liberals and the anarchist libertarians spend their days debating about their "right" to go through life stoned. That tells me we're in deep trouble.
You never think about it but none the less excuse the use of violence on people who have harmed no one?I have to wonder how you can justify putting people in jail (which is an act of aggression) who have themselves violated the rights of no one?
You're putting words in my mouth. Why not deal with what I SAY instead of extrapolating my position based on your own bias of Conservatism.Can you tell me exactly what you want??We're talking about the federal government right? What your STATE does is between you and your state.Are you advocating a Roe v Wade type decision from the Supreme Court with the ridiculous claim that will take this from the states and the people of the state?I am NOT going to continue this drug legalization debate with the potheads here. It's NOT my issue. I've told you my VIEW and why, but THIS is not my issue and Im not going to keep debating it. Do what you want. I'll vote the way I choose. THESE are the make or break issues for meAbortionILLEGAL "Immigration"Changing the definition of MarriageTry to stay focused. And no, the authorities are NOT "committing violence" against you if you go to jail for breaking the law. You're just silly.And yes, MIND ALTERING DRUGS DO affect others and society.
The $20+ trillion in debt that Obama is going to leave us in, doesn't even make the top three? Yikes!
Did I say HOW someone should be punished for "possession"? Distribution? Can you provide a link where I said HOW someone should be punished.Why the obsession with this when the country is about to collapse???? DO WHAT YOU WANT. You're useless to your brethren anyway (your obsession tells me so).
Do you want a Roe v Wade decision from the Supreme Court to take this from the states?
If I speed 50 over and kill no one are the police committing violence against me if I have to pay a fine? If they put me in jail?
Do you want a Roe v Wade decision to take away your employer's right to fire you for violating his drug policy?
Again, DO WHAT YOU WANT. smoke yourself silly. I really don't give a damn. There are reasons it should remain ILLEGAL though. I won't wast my time on this


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**Triple Dead Heat** - 1990 Arlington Park Allowance Race [00:39]
The horses hit the wire together...
Dare To Dream Stable's PRETTY IN MINK wins at Arlington Park on June 29, 2008 [03:42]
Dare To Dream Stable's PRETTY IN MINK wins at Arlington Park on June 29, 2008
Dare to Dream Stable's Duke of Del Rey wins at Arlington Park on September 9, 2012 [03:56]
Dare To Dream Stable's Duke of Del Rey wins an Allowance race by capturing the 5th at Arlington Park on September 9, 2012 under a great ride by jockey Inosencio Diego. Congrats to all the partners on a nice win and a great training job by trainer Ingrid Mason!
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Behind the Silks Episode 13 [07:45]
"Pills, Paddock & Peyote" In this weeks episode, Tim introduces us to another aspect of the racing game - The Jockey Agent. Find out more about what goes into getting the races set up, and why a Jockey needs an agent. Also, Seattle Train acts up in the paddock and Tim's favorite horse, Peyote Patty, runs in the Illinois Owner's Stake - a race she won in 2009.
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Thursday , March 06, 2014 - 1:33 PM
BYU linebacker Spencer Hadley has been suspended indefinitely from the football team following a violation of team rules.
Hadley will not be eligible to play for the Cougars against rival Utah on Saturday.
The senior from Connell, Wash., will sit out at least five games. He can't rejoin the team until the Cougars play Boise State on Oct. 25 at the earliest.
School officials did not elaborate on Hadley's actions other than to say it was a "violation of team rules" and BYU's honor code, which prohibits students from using alcohol, drugs and engaging in premarital sex.
BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins confirmed Wednesday that Hadley is still enrolled as a student and that the door is open for him to rejoin the team later in the season.
"He will remain in school and work with the dean of students," Jenkins said. "If he meets the conditions of his suspension, it will only be five games."
Losing Hadley deprives BYU of an important defensive leader going into its rivalry game with Utah this weekend. Hadley started BYU's first two games this season at inside linebacker and recorded 12 tackles and two pass breakups.
The 6-foot-1, 227-pound linebacker has started 16 games with the Cougars and played in a total of 39 games at both inside and outside linebacker in his career.
Tyler Beck, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior, will replace Hadley in the starting lineup during his suspension.
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Canadian forward Anthony Bennett of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was taken with the No. 1 overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers, setting the tone for a surprising NBA Draft on Thursday.
Bennett, a versatile 2.03m forward who averaged 16.1 points and 8.1 rebounds as a freshman last season, jumped over touted centers Nerlens Noel of Kentucky and Ukrainian Alex Len of Maryland to land the top pick by the Cavs.
Injuries to Noel (knee) and Len (foot) and others clouded the picture in a draft that was without a consensus No. 1 choice, with Bennett landing with the 24-58 Cavaliers, despite undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of last season.
"I'm just as surprised as everybody else," Bennett told reporters at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets.
Athletic guard Victor Oladipo of Indiana was taken with the second pick of the first round by the Orlando Magic, while the Washington Wizards followed by claiming forward Otto Porter, who played for nearby Georgetown University, third overall.
"Surreal feeling, man," Oladipo said. "I've been watching this draft pretty much all my life, and to actually be a part of it and to actually be the No. 2 pick in this draft is truly a blessing."
Trade rumors circulated throughout the draft, with the Barclays Center crowd distracted by reports that the Nets had agreed in principle to a mega-deal with the rebuilding Boston Celtics that would send Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry for a trio of future No. 1 picks.
Nothing was made official, though, and the draft chugged along complicated by a lively trade market of its own.
The Charlotte Hornets tabbed Indiana center Cody Zeller with the fourth pick, before Len was scooped up by the Phoenix Suns and Noel was taken by the New Orleans Pelicans with the next two picks.
However, Noel was later informed he had been traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a package that sent All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to New Orleans.
"They've got a great organization there, too," Noel said about the 76ers after telling a TV interviewer how happy he was about joining New Orleans. "I'm just staying positive about everything."
Some deals were announced on the podium by NBA commissioner David Stern, but not yet made official, lending suspense and some confusion to the proceedings.
After the top 10 choices were distributed there was a rush toward international players in the draft.
New Zealander Steven Adams out of the University of Pittsburgh was taken with the 12th pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA finalists last year.
Poised to become just the third Kiwi to play in the NBA, the 2.13m-tall player from Rotorua was a freshman at Pittsburgh and ranked first on the team in rebounds, with 6.3 a game, and blocks, 2.0 average, while averaging 7.2 points.
Three picks later the Milwaukee Bucks claimed forward Giannis Antetokounmpo out of Filathlitikos AO of Greece, a 2.06m forward who at 18 was the youngest player available in the draft.
The Boston Celtics used the 16th pick to take Brazilian Lucas Nogueira, a center from Estudiantes in Spain, while the Atlanta Hawks followed by selecting guard Dennis Schroeder of Phantoms Braunschweig of Germany.
With the 19th pick, the Cavaliers chose Russian guard Sergey Karasev of BC Triumph Lyubertsy, then two choices later the Utah Jazz grabbed Senegalese center Gorgui Dieng of Louisville.


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Fairfield's Wafu Asian Bistro serves classic dishes with style
Published 12:45 pm, Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Ho hum. Another new Asian restaurant has popped up along Route 1. It's near a little strip mall in a freestanding whitewashed building that we remember last as a Friendly's. Ho hum. That is until the double doors open from the outside into the dining room.
It's like walking into an dreamy ice palace. The place is brilliant white and sparkling all over from the snowy banquettes tufted with the same Swarovski crystals that dangle from the ceiling chandeliers like glittering icicles.
It's contrasted with gleaming dark tables, with shimmering white damask runners and ice-blue backlit sushi and cocktail bars. And if this isn't high-tech enough, the menu is presented on an I-Pad. OK, we are already pretty impressed.
Then the service starts. There seems to be wait staff for every single table. Throughout the meal, every detail is attended to and clearly the management is interested in each guest's well being. With well-spaced banquettes separated from freestanding tables by a "shower" of dangling crystals, each party can truly feel like Ice King and Queen royalty.
So, after all this high drama, how is the food? For the most part it is as sparkling as the setting and very moderately priced. The many classic sushi combinations are prepared and presented with care and artful arrangements without the silly flower-bedecked "boats" that so often are the backdrop for sushi.
Here the food takes center stage on plain white, contemporary plates. Against the icy white ambiance, the food practically jumps off the plate with color and style. Sushi, like most of the Pan-Asian cuisine here, is pleasantly, though mildly seasoned, making Wafu a good choice for novices and families.
Kids of all ages, however, will love the crisp-fried vegetable dumplings or tiny duck rolls sprinkled with shredded carrots and a soy dipping sauce. Speaking of carrots, several of the main courses feature a garnish of ultra-thin wisps of carrot quickly deep-fried and heaped in a small basket.
We told our server that we liked spice and heat, so she recommended we try the special roll dubbed "made you crazy." And it did. This is a brilliant roll of spicy tuna, salmon and yellowtail, wrapped around a crunchy tempura, along with sweet mango and rich avocado, finished with a dusting of hot chili powder. Really creative sushi chefs do things like this. Next time, we will try some of the others, such as Magical Dream Come True, Fire, Kin, Bib Mama or Millionaire.
Though a meal could be made on any of the special rolls or sushi platters, we ventured into the classic main course options, which are the house specialties.
Crispy duck is most definitely crispy, presented boneless with a mahogany edge that almost didn't need the house dipping sauce. Encircled by al dente asparagus spears, it is a very pretty picture. Those tasty carrot fries arrived in a tall-stemmed glass.
Grilled Chilean sea bass is a huge, beautifully miso-glazed and perfectly cooked chunk. Black bean saucing and a dramatic pyramid of thick, tempura fried onion slices complete this dish in fine form.
Other main course options include Thai seafood curry; grilled black cod with Yuzu miso sauce and fried sweet potatoes; grilled filet mignon in Thai basil sauce; or a surf-and-turf mix of beef and seafood in Thai saucing.
The menu also features classic Thai options such as a lovely coconut curry, traditional sesame chicken, or pad Thai there are also Hibachi dinner combos with the usual choices of chicken, bee, or shrimp along with fried rice, veggies and soy saucing. Lunch specials at $10.50 are a fine way to try these dishes, which are also served with miso or egg drop soup, a house salad, and perfectly cooked rice.
We saw a couple of desserts fly by, so we were easily talked into the tempura ice cream, which arrived pretty much as expected, with the crisp coating around a choice of vanilla or green tea ice cream finished off with canned whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. You really don't need dessert here.
Wafu is such a delightful surprise of a restaurant. Go and have fun.
3671 Post Road, Southport, 203-254-2288, www.wafuasianbistro.com
HOURS: Monday-Thursday11:30a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11:30 a.m.-11p.m.; Sunday noon-10 p.m.
RESERVATIONS: Accepted
PRICES: Dinner appetizers $18-$3, main courses $32-$13, desserts approximately $6


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Linked by snydeq on Mon 1st Jun 2009 16:27 UTC
Qualcomm showed off a previously unannounced Eee PC running Android at Computex in Taipei. The machine has a 10-inch screen, built-in webcam, and a universal 3G radio that supports all UMTS and CDMA networks on all frequencies used around the world. The 'smartbook' runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon, a 1GHz ARM processor core that marks a shift away from Intel Atom x86-based netbooks. A second Android-based netbook -- a prototype by contract hardware maker Compal Electronics -- was also demoed at the show. Google, meanwhile, declined to discuss what steps it is taking to adapt the smartphone OS for laptops.


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When Molly Wizenberg's husband, Brandon Pettit, decided to open Delancey, a wood-fired pizza business, in Seattle during a recession, the popular blogger became a somewhat reluctant partner. Wizenberg and Pettit faced the same challenges as many first-time restaurant owners — finding the right space on a small budget, doing much of the construction themselves, and keeping a marriage going during a grueling process. But because Wizenberg is the voice behind the wildly popular Orangette blog (www.orangette.blogspot.com), the pair approached this risky task with something other first-time restaurateurs don't have: a built-in audience.
In her new book "Delancey," which combines memoir and recipes, Wizenberg tells the story behind the launch of their successful 5-year-old business.
Q. How did Brandon decide to start a restaurant?
A. We met because he was a reader of my blog. At the time, he was a graduate student in music composition. But he had worked in restaurants off and on, mostly as a server, since he was 16, just paying the bills like a lot of people in music. Food was his major interest outside of music. For me it wasn't surprising that his life should take a turn more sharply toward food.
Q. Was having your own restaurant a dream you shared?
A. I tried working at the restaurant Greens in San Francisco when I was about 20. But what I discovered was that I really didn't like working in restaurants. It came as a relief to me that the relationship that was comfortable for me with food is that of a home cook, the everyday quiet ritual of making food. A restaurant is pretty much the opposite of that. Every night is very different in ways that are exciting for some people and very challenging for other people like me.
Q. What were the highs and lows of starting Delancey?
A. I think it's hard to overstate how little we knew. When it comes to the fundamental things of running any business — hiring people, purchasing equipment, the inevitable constancy of things falling apart or breaking — we were so dumb. The thing that was so wonderful is something that took me by surprise. It's the way that our community rallied around to help us. We had friends come help us scrub out second-hand refrigerators and help us build the place. Gosh, a former employer of mine gave us use of her credit card because we were really short on money.
Q. People were reading about your progress on your blog.
A. In one way we were incredibly lucky that people were paying attention to this project from the minute we made it public. Despite the fact that we were opening in a recession and were opening a very risky type of business, we never had to worry about whether or not people would come. That was huge. But at the same time, we didn't know what we were doing and I really feared that we were going to have a very public failure on our hands. It was not an infrequent occurrence for people to just stop by the site of the restaurant and poke their heads in to say hi to Brandon.
Q. What is your role at Delancey today?
A. I have been at the restaurant pretty much as a full-on general manager since shortly after our daughter was born. I'm there often during the daytime doing various administrative tasks that to anybody but an owner would be very boring. But to me they're very satisfying. Unlike writing or parenting, with something like payroll, when it's done you can check that box and it's done for two more weeks. The restaurant is very satisfying to me these days.
Q. Now that you are a parent, do you stand by your statement in the book that opening a new restaurant is like having a new baby?
A. I think so. Like children or babies, this restaurant changes every day. It will take as much work as I'm willing to give it. At least at the end of the day my daughter, June, can give me a hug and all is right.
Q. You've been in business for five years. Why write about it now?
A. We have a tendency to look at something that's successful and assume that the story behind it was an easy one and the people behind it knew what they were doing. I wanted to make it very clear that this was a really human story and that Brandon and I made a lot of mistakes. I wanted other people to know that it's possible and it doesn't take a million dollars to open a restaurant. But I also wanted to show the real struggles behind these things. What results in success is really hard work.Michael Floreak can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Highlights from the Innovation Economy blog.
What if you could drive to the airport, hand your keys to a valet, get free parking for as long as you wanted, and have your car washed and cleaned? Oh, and you'd get a free gas card when you returned to pick it up.
A California start-up called FlightCar is testing the concept at San Francisco International Airport. There's just one catch: While they have your car, they rent it out to other travelers.
It's a fascinating new twist on so-called car-sharing, a business model that includes big companies such as Cambridge-based ZipCar (now part of Avis) and smaller start-ups like RelayRides — founded in Cambridge by a Harvard Business School alumnus but now based in San Francisco.
Cofounder Shri Ganeshram is taking time off from undergraduate studies at MIT to help launch the company; the three-person FlightCar team is participating in the Y Combinator accelerator program for entrepreneurs.
Ganeshram said the team noticed something basic about major airports: There's usually a garage where departing travelers pay money to park, and another where arriving travelers pay to rent a car.
The founders — two of whom were high school students getting ready to head off to Harvard and Princeton — thought there might be synergy in combining those two businesses.
They have rented a warehouse near the San Francisco airport to hold 30 or 40 cars, Ganeshram said. Departing travelers who have registered with the site can call FlightCar while driving to the airport, where they will be met by a valet. He takes the keys, notes the gas level and mileage, and snaps a few pictures to document the condition of the car.
The company accepts only cars with mileage of less than 150,000, and nothing made before 1999. "They have to be generally rentable," Ganeshram said. "We don't want cars that people would be embarrassed to drive."
FlightCar has $1 million in liability insurance and comprehensive collision and theft coverage, so the owner's insurance "doesn't get involved at all," Ganeshram said.
FlightCar's daily rental rate includes 90 miles; there's a charge of 35 cents per mile after that, all of which goes to the vehicle owner.
When you return from your trip, you call FlightCar and they bring your vehicle back to the airport. Even though they have filled the tank to the level you left it at, you're given a gas card worth at least $10. And even if the company has not managed to rent your car, the parking and valet service are free.
If things go well in San Francisco, Ganeshram said, the company plans to launch an operation in a second city this year. The possibilities include Boston, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
You do not often find MIT-spawned startups taking root in Los Angeles, but that's what happened with Oblong Industries — in part because founder John Underkoffler had landed gigs as a science adviser to Hollywood, consulting on movies such as "Minority Report" and "Iron Man."
His work on new kinds of gestural interfaces, allowing people to use their hands to manipulate information on a screen, played a central part in "Minority Report" in 2002, and Oblong has been working to commercialize a system similar to the one Tom Cruise used in the film, now called g-speak. The firm is developing Mezzanine, a new kind of collaboration space that lets people share any kind of content from almost any device from any site.
Almost the entire Oblong team hails from MIT. The company has raised $9 million from investors that include Brad Feld, another MIT alumnus and a managing director at Foundry Group in Colorado.
Now the six-year-old firm has a presence in Boston's Fort Point Channel neighborhood. It will be a hybrid of a demo center and small engineering outpost. Oblong's chief executive, Kwin Kramer, said the firm plans to hire more engineers here over time.Visit www.boston.com/innovationthe for the full Innovation Economy blog, updated daily.


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Charles Barkley picked the Bengals We're doomed
Charles Barkley picked the Bengals We're doomed
In 1987 Jim Breech lined up for a game winning FG against the jets and he missed...but the jets were offside.
They lined up again and it was blocked...and returned for a TD for a Jets win 27-20 in the final ....seconds really.
That 1986 game at Cincy where the Bengals rang up over 600 yards and won 52-21...even though they were barely up at halftime of that game.
Those might be the games he was talking about.... but that 1983 game was also crazy. bengals were up....stayed close....then Anderson is picked off at the 2....Jets DB runs it back 98 yards and instead of it being 21-20 Bengals..it turned into a complete route. The bengals had held teams all year under 88 yards rushing in 1982 but for some reason McNeil they could not handle at all.
Bengals win the toss.... choose to take the ball. This is wise.
Huge B Scott kickoff return 56 yards! Great start!
Coles fumbles on 3rd down.... TJ where art thou?
:sigh: Welcome to Bengaltown.
We're gonna have to be sharper than that today.
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
Marvin challenges.... looks like a bad one according to the replay. That's one thing I didn't miss this year.... terrible challenges by Marvin.
What a horrible challenge. Atleast it's only the 1st half
Bengals Defense very stout on the first drive. Amazing what a playoff game will do
Reiko Murray catches the punt and makes a nice return. I literally have no idea who that is! WOW
Thanks for the updates guys. Stuck at work no radio and no TV!
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Palmer's throws have all been high. Playoff jitters. He throws another high one to Caldwell who is upended at the 2. Ruled a completion but looks like an incompletion.They might rule the ground forced the ball out.
Play ruled incomplete.
Benson seems to be running real well. Hasn't went down on first contact yet
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