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I've never been a believer in the star system used to rate recruits. Just because a player has a certain number of stars -- or offers -- doesn't necessarily mean he'll become a superstar in college.
But on the flip side of the argument -- and one I think maybe isn't discussed enough -- are the under the radar players, the kids who don't have offers from many BCS schools. There has been a long held belief that when the University of Miami was thriving in the 1980s and late 1990s, it did a great job at finding those hidden gems and signing them.
Over the past couple of days, we've heard about how UM has gone after players like Miami Beach defensive tackle Delmar Taylor (a player with five high school games under his belt), Buffalo Canisius High linebacker Jimmy Gaines (a Buffalo commitment and 2-star prospect visiting UM this weekend), Clovis (Calif.) Buchanan High linebacker Kelvin Cain (a player with no other BCS offers).
If there is one common theme with the Hurricanes' 2010 recruiting class its that most of the players expected to sign on Feb. 3 aren't among the most highly coveted in the nation. In fact, if you look at Rivals for instance, only six of UM's 24 commitments are rated four stars (elite) or above. Those are: RB Storm Johnson, OL Malcolm Bunche, RB Eduardo Clements, OT Tavadis Glenn, OT Brandon Linder and LB Travis Williams. ESPN also has six players rated four stars or above. Their list has: Johnson, Clements, Linder, Glenn and DE David Perry and LB Kevin Nelson.
For argument sake, let's say there are eight players that are being recognized as "BCS caliber." That means the Hurricanes are counting on 16 current commitments, considered "middle of the road" to "2-star gambles" that UM's staff is hoping develops into gems. So what is the likelihood of that happening? Who really knows. But if you look at UM's recent history with players rated 3-stars or less, it's easy to see finding a gem is harder than it might have been when UM was winning national titles.
Here's a look at the good, the bad and the ugly since 2005 when the Canes signed players considered by Rivals.com to be three stars or less. Note: *-denotes 2-star player.
- Eric Houston, LB: Career special teams player
- Daryl Shaprton, LB: Late bloomer broke out his senior year
- Matt Pipho, OL: Didn't play until his fifth season, struggled at right tackle
* Jerrell Mabry, FB: Never panned out
- Chris Lewis, DE: Transferred to Fresno State, had 20 tackles, 1 INT in 2009
- Colin McCarthy, LB: 3-year starter, All-ACC First Team in 2009
- Ian Symonnette, OL: Career special teams player
- Chavez Grant, CB: Never made a strong impact. Started 19 games, 2 INTs
- Steven Wesley, DL: Has started 17 games and has 3 sacks heading into senior year
- Matt Bosher, K: Team MVP in 2008, All-ACC First Team
- Chaz Washington, DT: Never panned out
* Daniel Stegall, QB: Returned to baseball, career fizzled with Mets in minors
* Joel Figueroa, OL: Has 13 career starts heading into senior year at guard
* George Robinson, WR: Quit football after one year
- Lee Chambers, RB: Career backup has 272 yards rushing, 1 TD heading into junior year
- Harland Gunn, OL: After two years on scout team, he started five games in 2009
- Leonard Hankerson, WR: Had breakout 2009 season and enters senior year highly touted
- Shawnbrey McNeal, RB: Transferred to SMU and had breakout season, entering NFL Draft
- Jojo Nicholas, S: Injured in '09, likely will be passed up on depth chart in 2010
- Chris Perry, DT: Played in eight games in '09 at Texas Tech, four tackles, 1 sack
- Adewale Ojomo, DE: Broke jaw in a preseason fight with walk-on; expected to start in 2010
- Jared Campbell, S: Made 6 starts in 2009, 31 tackles, 5 pass breakups
* Tyler Horn, OL: Projected started at center in 2010
* Daniel Adderley, WR: Has not panned out
- Micanor Regis, DT, Made strong push toward end of '09 season, 2 INTs in 13 games
- LaRon Byrd, WR, Struggled down stretch of '09 season, 33 catches, 460 yards, 1 TD
- Joe Wylie, DB, Left the program last summer
- Thearon Collier, WR, Shined as a punt returner, finished with 18 catches, 250 yards
- Antonio Harper, LB, Academic casualty, now a defensive end at Troy
- Kendall Thompkins, WR: Has hardly played, rumored to be transferring or switching to cornerback
- Gavin Hardin, LB: Played in one game in '09, missed rest of season with injury
- Cannon Smith, QB: Transferred to Memphis, expected to assume backup role in 2010
* Taylor Cook, QB: Transferred to Rice, expected to assume backup role in 2010
* Brandon Marti, LB: Arrested, cut from the team; in JUCO trying to revive career
* Zach Kane, LB: Arrested, cut from team, not heard from since he entered prep school
* C.J. Odom, DB: Another academic casualty. Out of football
* John Calhoun, FB: Has played mostly on special teams
* Patrick Hill, FB: A two-year starter expected to return in 2010 after missing most of '09 with injury.
* Jake Wieclaw, K: Hasn't been able to wrestle away any of the three kicking jobs from Bosher
- Prince Kent, DB: Academic casualty, signed with Baylor after shining in prep school
- Curtis Porter, DT: Filled in well during his freshman season for injured Marcus Forston
- A.J. Highsmith, QB: Elevated himself to backup quarterback in the spring
- Billy Sanders, TE: Expected to compete for the starting tight end job
- Jared Wheeler, OL: Could compete for playing time at guard or center
- Cory White, TE: Converted to offensive tackle, played on scout team
- Shayon Green, DE: Injured, missed entire freshman season
- Stephen Plein, TE: Converted to offensive tackle, played on scout team


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The Human Brain And The Cloud
In his book "How To Create A Mind," Kurzweil details the advances that are taking place in the human brain's neocortex combined with cloud computing. "Ultimately we are going to put computers inside our bodies and our brains, which will also be connected to the cloud," he said. That is not as "futuristic" as it seems, he says. "There are people with computers connected to their brains today, like Parkinson's patients," he says.

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Group Sprints @ GMU, Thursday, Oct. 15
by, October 15th, 2009 at 05:16 PM (3166 Views)
As Pete noted, we had a hard core group today at GMU for our now virtually routine High Intensity Thursdays: Speedo, Jazzy, Cage Fighter and me. (Next Thursday, however, we're skipping and lounging around to prep for the Sprint Classic.) I really hope Jazzy can keep joining us, though it's a bit far from where he works.
Warm up:
700 variety
8 x 50 @ 1:15
25 UW shooter on back (no fins) + 25 EZ
Speed work:
8 x 75 @ 3:00, done as:
25 AFAP w/fins + 50 EZ
I did 4 free and 4 back SDK. Went high 10s and one low 11 on free and 10s on back. I attribute the low 11 on #3 (where Speedo and I had a rare tie :-P) to chatting with Jazzy too much and not being quite ready to go at the send off. So I was not such a slacker on the next one. I think Jazzy loafed all the 25s to prep for his 1 x 50.
1 x 50 AFAP free w/fins
I did free diving from the side. This is NOT a good idea with fins. I got no real push and had a terrible start. Should have just pushed off. Went low 24. Because it was so sub-par, I swam another 100 EZ and tried another 50 AFAP.
1 x 50 back w/fins
This time I missed the turn and almost hit my heels on the top of the wall, so just cruised the second 25.
Total: 2150
Hottub 15 min of non-stop Q & A ...
Felt somewhat tired before the sprint session today, and now I feel pretty dead. The combo of weights-plyo-sprinting-hot yoga is pretty tiring. The yoga seems great for flexibility, but I think it works the legs quite a bit too -- the first 45-60 minutes are all standing poses. Speedo and I discussed the flexibility issue briefly. He says there's a portion of Salo's book on this topic, so I need to read that.
I'm still mulling over exactly how much to rest for the Sprint Classic -- even though some clowns seem to think the CDVB plan is not amenable to a "taper." I could do a gradual 10 day taper (starting tomorrow) or a 5 or 3 day drop taper. I am only considering the 10 day because this could be my last yards meet in my magic suit. However, I would then have to repeat this rest for my Dec 6-7 Zones meet and re-start weights et al, and the prospect of two such tapers is, ugh, very unappealing. I will most likely do the 5 day taper and stop weights after tomorrow. I will be a puppet and not do a 7 day taper since Clydesdale says that's exactly the WRONG amount of time to rest, and I think he may be correct on this point.
I was grilled in the hottub and pool by Cage Fighter. Currently, he's a sprinter doing distance workouts and needs to revise his training plan to add more race pace work and kicking. He reminds me of me a few years ago when I really didn't know WTF I was doing in the pool with solo training. We encouraged him to get on the DF and look through the blogs. I told him to look for the sprinter blogs and Ande's blog (if he's not doing 60 x 100s) and use the Ask Ande thread or start his own thread. We thought Cage Fighter would make a lovely forum name. (He had apparently tried to browse the forums/blogs, but didn't realize we all had special user names.)
SCM Meets:
I'm probably not going to our very first local fall SCM meet. . This apparently unduly interferes with family Thanksgiving plans. I'm in the doghouse at the moment with my meet dates interfering with RL dates. If I have to skip that meet, I'll go to Zones for two days. (And then piss my kid off by missing most of the Dolan meet, though her best event is on Friday. But since she's totally out of swimming shape from her volleyball escapades, the mommy guilt will be minimized somewhat.)
Metro finally has the info for Zones up. As per usual, all my best events are back to back. I wonder if the rampant discrimination against fly-backers will ever end?! (Seriously, it's almost comical.) I'm very very glad I swam the 100 back and 100 fly at the Albatross Meet, as I can't do them at Zones. Still, I would've liked to get another crack at the 100 back at a champ meet. All the sprints are crammed together on day 1 and 2 as well. Here's the Order of Events:
Saturday AM:
(distance events in the afternoon, lucky ducks!)
200 breast
50 back
100 fly
100 free
50 breast
200 back
Sunday AM:
200 fly
100 breast
50 free
100 back
50 fly
200 free
Based on this line up, I'll probably swim the 50 back, 50 breast, 100 IM, 50 free and 50 fly. I wish the 50 back wasn't the first event, as I usually need an event to get the cobwebs out. But c'est la vie.
Here's the psych sheet for the Rowdy Gaines SCM meet this weekend:
Shoulder Exercise:
Here's a shoulder exercise that Jazz posted. Just wanted to link it here as well, as it looks helpful.


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In the 1890s, New Zealand legislators established the Arbitration Court as an ad hoc system for settling industrial disputes; by the mid-twentieth century the Court had become a pillar of New Zealand's welfare state. This transformation did not proceed smoothly, however, because of a mismatch between the mission and its managers. The judges who presided over the court were more interested in legal principles and forensic debate than the bargains of workers and their employers. They considered their tenure as a purgatory to be endured until they were promoted to full-time service on the New Zealand Supreme Court. This mismatch resulted because the Court evolved into an institution that differed from the founders' intent and because a dearth of other professionals left only the judiciary as a vehicle for putting the resolution of industrial disputes beyond the reach of partisan politics.The article originally appeared in the Turnbull Library Record 29 (1996): 59-78. It appears now on the web by kind permission of the Friends of the Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
The book to read on the mutual influence between American and New Zealand reformers in the early twentieth century is the late Peter J. Coleman's Progressivism and the World of Reform.
Image credit: Justice Frederick R. Chapman (Alexander Turnbull Library)


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UPDATE: WXYZ is reporting that the husband told his neighbor that he killed his wife.
The neighbor also said the husband had called him yesterday and said that "something was going to happen, that he was going to get a divorce or he was going to kill her."
WESTLAND (AP) � Authorities say an elderly woman has been found dead in suburban Detroit and her husband is being questioned by police.
WXYZ and WDIV report police responded Thursday afternoon to the couple's home on reports of a fatal shooting. Names of those involved weren't immediately released.
Westland police Lt. Todd Adams says investigators planned to process evidence in the case and question the husband more. No charges have been filed.


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Dr. Deborah Baumann sees a lot of sick children in her role as pediatrician for the Hannibal Regional Medical Group. One thing she doesn't want to see is a child with measles.
"Measles are still a big problem in the world. In areas where immunization rates fall below 90 percent, there are pockets of kids where this disease could spread very quickly," she said.
Two elements contribute to her fear that a measles outbreak could occur here.
1) "Americans go overseas and bring it back," Dr. Baumann said. "People go to other parts of the world; then measles are imported to the U.S. and get spread here. People travel doing mission work, or they can be on a plane ride with someone carrying the virus; you share it before you are even sick or have a rash."
2) "Some people are more nervous about the vaccine than the bad diseases," Dr. Baumann said, because they are reliant upon inaccurate information. Rather than reading information out there on the internet, she encourages parents to talk to their pediatrician if they have questions about vaccine safety.
"We could have a conversation. I want people to ask me questions about vaccine safety. When I first started practicing, the internet wasn't a big issue. People listened to their pediatricians.
"A few weeks ago I tore through CDC information," she said. What she found was alarming. There were 159 cases of measles reported in the United States between January and August 2013.
"Most U.S. pediatricians are concerned when we see these kinds of trends," she said. "A lot of young pediatricians have never seen measles, because we've done a good job with the vaccine. In 2000, they thought they had irradiated measles in the U.S. But measles are imported to us and get spread here."
"When it comes to these diseases, their children's safety, I would hope health care providers would be the primary source of their information."
Recent outbreaks have been in New York City and Texas, "where pockets of parents do not want to immunize their kids. They go to church together, home school together, then if one gets it, many will get it," she said.
Dr. Baumann said that the measles are accompanied by a really high fever of 106 degrees and ear infections. The high fever can lead to brain damage from encephalitis. "Of every 1,000 children who get measles, one or two will die. It's nothing to mess with for sure."
While a lot of younger pediatricians have never seen a case of measles, Dr. Baumann had the measles as a child. "I remember being delirious with fever, seeing little soldiers marching across into the radiator vent.
"Today people think there's no such thing as measles or polio, but it is a fact that in the other parts of the world it is circulating. Knowledge is power," she said. "It is heartbreaking and sad; I just want to try to educate everyone I come in contact with."
Measles nothing to mess with
Nov 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM Nov 8, 2013 at 11:18 PM


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How to: Send SQL Server Agent Error Messages (SQL Server Management Studio)
This topic describes how to configure Microsoft SQL Server Agent to send its error messages by way of net send.
To send SQL Server Agent error messages
In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
Right-click SQL Server Agent, and then click Properties.
On theGeneralpage, in the Net send recipientbox, type the user name or computer name.
The Microsoft Windows Messenger service must be running to receive net send events.


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Please login to add/view friends online.
below is from a Scammer! Some of the emails
may not look like scams, but they all lead to the same
thing. The scammer will pay by check (cashier's check/money
order) for more then the pet is worth, then they will
ask you to send them back the difference in money. A
couple weeks later you find out the check was fake and
the bank will take it out of your account. This scam
can be set up several ways.
key points for pointing out a scammer:
1. Doesn't care much about the pet, just the transaction.
2. Says they will use their own shipper.
3. 95% of the scammers are from overseas (Nigeria, Israel, South Africa)
4. Pays you more then the pet is worth, then asks for the difference in money back.
Email: email@example.com
Date Caught: 6/18/2012
IP Address: 18.104.22.168
Host Information: 184.108.40.206
Name: saphiaEmail: firstname.lastname@example.com: Hello My DearI was going through profiles in this site and i pick interest on you i will like us to become friends and later discuss more of our future here is my address (email@example.com) it will be my pleasure to receive ur response soon.regardssapthiaplease contact me with this email address(firstname.lastname@example.com)


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The Duke University wrestling team wrapped up competition at the 2014 Southern Scuffle presented by Defense Soap and Flips Wrestling today. Five wrestlers advanced to day two of competition as the Blue Devils finished with 21.5 points overall in the tournament.
The group of 11th-seeded Conner Hartmann (197), Brandon Gambucci (133), Immanuel Kerr-Brown (157), Trey Adamson (174) and Brian Self (285) started the day with consolation fourth-round matches. Kerr-Brown and Hartmann both captured victories to advance to the sixth round where they fell to ranked foes.
Kerr-Brown kicked off his day in spectacular fashion with a thrilling 7-4 decision over 2013 Southern Scuffle runner-up and 16th-ranked James Vollrath of Penn State. The win was Kerr-Brown's 10th of the year and first over a ranked opponent. The victory pushed the redshirt junior into the consolation fifth round where he edged Logan Molina of Iowa State 3-2 to set up a meeting with No. 12 Nestor Taffur from Boston University.
Taffur jumped out to a commanding lead against Kerr-Brown and never looked back en route to a 16-4 major decision. Overall, Kerr-Brown finished 4-2 at the tournament and is 11-4 overall on the year.
Fifteenth-ranked Hartmann followed a similar path as Kerr-Brown, dominating Penn's Harrison Cook 11-0 in his first consolation bracket bout. He was equally as dominant in the next match, shutting out Tyler Lyster of Bucknell 5-0 to stay alive.
Hartmann's run came to an end against 19th-ranked Blake Rosholt in the sixth round as the Oklahoma State Sooner outlasted the Blue Devil redshirt sophomore 2-1 in double overtime. The loss was just Hartmann's third of the season. All three of his setbacks this season have come against top-20 foes.
Adamson, after consecutive wins on day one, opened day two action against ninth-seeded Kevin Radford of Arizona State. Adamson hung with the No. 9 seed, but couldn't pull out the victory in the 9-6 setback. The Riverton, Utah native falls to 8-4 overall for the season.
Gambucci and Self also suffered losses in their opening matches on day two. Gambucci, battling Nick Zanetta of PIttsburgh, dropped his fourth match of the year in a 7-4 decision to the ACC foe. Self finished the tournament in heartbreaking fashion as he fell to Henry Chirino of Northern Colorado in four overtimes, 4-2.
The Blue Devils open ACC action Jan. 12 at newcomer Pittsburgh. Duke hosts Virginia Jan. 17 in the ACC home opener in Card Gym.


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That's right, you can now GET messages. It is an obvious extension to the Flowdock API, the ability to fetch messages of a flow given certain filters. You can fetch up to or starting from a specific ID, filter by event or tags and so on.
A basic example of filter use:
GET /messages?until_id=3456&limit=20&event=message
This request will get you 20 plain chat messages leading up to the message with ID 3456 (which will not be included).
Searching With Tags
The new API lets you also search messages by tags. Getting all the messages tagged with the tags #feedback and #todo is as simple as
GET /messages?&limit=20&tags=feedback,todo
Tags are used to a lot of things internally in Flowdock. Filtering by tags gives you access to several features, such as fetching all the comments of a team inbox item with ID 12345
GET /messages?&limit=20&tags=:influx:12345
or listing messages that contain links or files:
GET /messages?&limit=20&tags=:url
GET /messages?&limit=20&tags=:file
Check out the tags documentation for specifics.
Message Types
We started documenting the different Message Types. There's still a lot to be done on that front. We haven't covered much of the team inbox events in the docs and we are going to be changing some of the events' structure.


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Luke gets naked and shows his tight ass in the new issue of Gay Times...
Various other images...
Luke is currently a contestant on Dancing on Ice
Luke gets naked and shows his tight ass in the new issue of Gay Times...
Various other images...
Luke is currently a contestant on Dancing on Ice
Fantastic post. Thanks for all the hot pics. Hadn't seen the GT cover yet. Luke is off-the-charts hot, gorgeous, beautiful, cute, handsome - choose your flattering adjective. Definitely one of my most guilty pleasures right now (& for years to come, no doubt).
Twinkies...it's what's on the inside that counts!
Yes he is frikking cute
No Jonnie Peacock on the cover? *sadface*
BF material
he def is cute
Hot and Horny
he is gorgeous
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and i thinwe will be seeing a lot more of him as he isn't shy
my fingers tongue and cock want to get in his tight arse
Wow he's really cute! I love those arms!
Thanks for all those pictures - Luke is so hot!
Stunning guy thats for sure
^ is that sweat or tears?
Luke's Gay Times Photoshoot. Enjoy!
Images will be bigger if opened in a new window
^ He's Hot!
they're amazing pictures, thank you. gorgeous guy
God i love these GT spreads - now I just need Daley to do one
I am watching Dancing on Ice
Luke is such a babe................
he is gorge, love his accent too
Nice & sweaty...
He looks even better sweaty. Soooo sexy!
And that's a great vid about him as well. Sexy and a star, too!
so wanna eat him out
So wanna sniff and lick his ass after a sweaty match!!!!
Twinkies...it's what's on the inside that counts!
wanna see him get fucked by a big black cock
Luke in the new issue of GQ Magazine
Truly beautiful guy fit as anything and seems really lovely and that accent wow!! im in love
Twinkies...it's what's on the inside that counts!
woah lukey boy is fiiiiiit! looks like he fills them boxers nicely am slightly in love...
oooooooooo yeah please
Luke's Showcase in the Dancing on Ice Final
Watch from 0.59 - 1.23 & then 1.59 - 2.08 to see Luke shake his tight firm ass
so wanna taste his hole
nice arse, damn!
A new instagram photo of Luke
He's stunning! I want him.
Luke in a suit
he is just so cute
Luke has just done a photoshoot for a future issue of Bello magazine. Here's a behind the scenes photo.


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Beware of too much sun
Skin cancer on rise
Want a great tan this spring and summer?
You'd better think twice.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 81,000 Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer in 2012.
May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
Local surgeon John Harrington said excessive sun exposure should be avoided, noting that the American Academy of Dermatology says that no level of sun exposure is safe.
Harrington said the academy recommends getting vitamin D from vitamins and supplements, not the sun.
When going outside, they also recommend wearing a hat, sunscreen and sunglasses.
Sunscreen should have a SPF of 30 or higher, be water resistant and be re-applied every two hours.
"Until we have more information, I like the zinc oxide-based ones best," he said.
Another rule of thumb is to try and stay out of the sun when it's most direct, such as between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
"When your shadow is shorter than you," Harrington said.
With melanoma cases on the rise, officials at the Skin Cancer Foundation are warning people to protect themselves while in the sun.
Tanning beds should be off limits since some skin cancer experts believe their use is a factor in climbing cancer rates because of ultraviolet radiation exposure.
An estimated 76,250 new cases of melanoma are expected this year, up 6,020 cases compared to 2011, according to the American Cancer Society.
The society said the number of melanoma-related deaths rose as well, by almost 400 cases, from 8,790 deaths in 2011 to a predicted 9,180 deaths in 2012.
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer—the fifth most common among men and sixth among women in the United States—and is caused by a series of sunburns, Harrington said.
"It doesn't just happen in Arizona and Florida," he said. "I've seen a couple of cases here at the hospital."
Harrington said basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer are probably more prevalent among farmers in the Gothenburg area.
"These kinds of cancer are different from melanoma," he said. "They generally are not life threatening, if treated, but they can cause disfigurement."
Harrington said dermatologists recommend getting a skin check every six months or more frequently.
"Our primary care doctors here would be glad to do it," he said, noting that family members can also help check for places difficult to see such as the back or neck.
Keeping an eye on the skin also means paying attention to a skin bump or sore that's growing, changing, bleeding or itching.
Although viewing pictures of skin cancer on the Internet can be helpful, Harrington said an experienced eye is needed.
"If in doubt, it's better to remove a skin abnormality and be sure what it is rather than miss something serious," he said.
The prognosis for all skin cancer, if caught early, is excellent, Harrington said.
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SOMA, the new horror game from Frictional Games, creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, will be set underwater. Finally, another reason to be scared of the ocean!
"Most of the ocean is devoid of sunlight and inhospitable to us. The differences in pressure between the surface and even a modest depth of 100 meters is enough to turn a human into mush. That pressure, that depth, is nothing compared to the true ocean deeps," creative director Thomas Grip teased on the PlayStation.Blog. "And as if this isn't enough, the creatures living there seem like they're from another world. Gigantic squid, luminescent fish and creatures that are all mouths and teeth are only the start. If you dive down any distance you enter into a realm of monsters."
Seems like you'll be pretty helpless then, welp.
SOMA will be on PS4 and PC in 2015.


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Passed Out...
Culpepper throws for 425 yards, five touchdowns as Vikings outgun Saints
Monday, October 18, 2004
By Jeff Duncan
Staff writer
The stench of burned rubber permeated the Poydras Street corridor in the Central Business District on Sunday night.
Superdome officials might have to replace the new Momentum Turf after the way the Minnesota Vikings singed it in a 38-31 defeat of the Saints before a sellout crowd at the Superdome and a national television audience.
By the time the 3 ½-hour scorched-turf exhibition was completed, the Vikings had amassed 605 total yards, the most by a Saints opponent in the club's 38-year history. The previous mark was 552 by the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 2, 1979. It was the Vikings' second-highest yardage output in the team's 44-year history.
Quarterback Daunte Culpepper, the Vikings' chief arsonist, passed for a career-high 425 yards and five touchdowns while completing 26 of 37 passes. It was his third game with five touchdown passes this season, which is an NFL record. His previous high was 396 yards against the Oakland Raiders on Nov. 16, 2003.
Culpepper's scoring passes came in all lengths and varieties. He threw short strikes of 1 and 9 yards to tight end Jermaine Wiggins and another 1-yarder to Marcus Robinson. He hit Robinson for an intermediate scoring completion of 16 yards, and he launched a 43-yard scoring pass to Randy Moss.
The onslaught started early and did not let up for four quarters. The Vikings opened the game with a 46-yard pass from Culpepper to Moss. They ended it with a 49-yard run by Moe Williams on their third-to-last play.
The Vikings did not punt. Their 11 offensive series ended in five touchdowns, a field goal, two interceptions, a fumble and with time expiring at the end of each half.
For much of the game, the Vikings averaged more than 10 yards a play. They finished with an 8.9-yard average on 68 plays.
The yardage came in huge chunks. They had 14 gains of 17 yards or more, including passes of 46 and 43 yards to Moss as well as two 36-yard strikes and a 28-yard completion to Nate Burleson.
Seven Vikings receivers caught passes, and each one had a gain of at least 13 yards.
"We play man-to-man, we're jamming them. . . . I'm kind of lost to be honest with you," Saints coach Jim Haslett said. "They've got a hell of a football team, especially on the offensive side."
Culpepper was at his best on third down. Unofficially, he was 8-of-10 for 128 yards and three touchdowns.
As a result, Minnesota converted eight of 11 third downs, each one sending Saints defensive coordinator Rick Venturi into increasing states of emotional sideline antics. Culpepper's passer efficiency rating was 125.6.
"He's a great quarterback," Haslett said. "He did a phenomenal job. We just didn't make any plays."
The Saints were hoping the debut of cornerback Mike McKenzie would provide a boost to their defense, but the fifth-year cornerback looked rusty and was beaten for a couple of big plays, including the 43-yard score to Moss. It got so bad, McKenzie was removed from the game for an extended period in the second and third quarters.
"I didn't play well that first go-round," McKenzie said. "I kind of let my team down in some respects."
The Saints forced three turnovers, including interceptions by Ashley Ambrose and Fakhir Brown and a combined 44-yard fumble return by Jay Bellamy and Ambrose. But otherwise, they were helpless to stop the Purple Rain of yards and points.
The record-breaking performance raised the Vikings' record to 4-1. The Saints, meanwhile, fell to 2-4 after their third consecutive loss. It was their third loss in four games at home.
"It's attitude," Saints defensive end Charles Grant said.
The Vikings gashed the Saints' defense for 365 yards in the first half, when they averaged 10.4 yards a play. In the half, Culpepper passed for 284 yards and three touchdowns. Former Tulane running back Mewelde Moore rushed for 82 yards on nine carries, a 9.1-yard average, for Minnesota in the half.
The Vikings didn't waste any time starting the fireworks show.
Culpepper opened the game with a 46-yard pass to Moss, who slivered through the Saints' zone coverage and beat safety Tebucky Jones to the sideline for a tone-setting gain. On the next play, Moore burst for a 20-yard gain up the middle. The Saints, however, stiffened near the goal line -- and Ambrose made his third interception of the season in the end zone to kill the scoring threat.
"The old Daunte Culpepper would have thrown an interception and come back and thrown multiple picks," Vikings coach Mike Tice said. "This Daunte Culpepper shakes it off and moves forward."
That was precisely what Culpepper did.
On the next possession, the Vikings marched 67 yards on eight plays and took a 7-0 lead on his 1-yard touchdown pass to Wiggins.
On the next series, facing a third-and-15 at the Saints' 43, Culpepper fired a pass deep down the right sideline toward Moss, who appeared to be well-defended by McKenzie. Moss raced past McKenzie and hauled in the ball just inside the back right corner of the end zone while tight-roping the back line. Just like that, the score was 14-0 -- and the Saints' worst nightmares had been realized.
The Saints seized temporary life thanks to the Vikings' generosity.
With Minnesota leading 14-0 and threatening again at the Saints' 18, a low snap by center Matt Birk touched off a circus-like scramble for the loose ball. First, Jones knocked it loose from Culpepper, then Grant tipped the ball to Jay Bellamy, who recovered it and pitched it to Ambrose, who returned it 40 yards to the Vikings' 14. That play set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Deuce McAllister.
From there, though, it was all Vikings, even with Moss on the bench with a strained right hamstring
The Saints did their share of damage to the carpet but they simply could not keep up.
A dropped pass by Donté Stallworth killed their first drive. Brooks threw an interception in the red zone to kill the second. Antoine Winfield returned the interception 56 yards to set up the Vikings' second score.
Brooks completed 22 of 38 passes for 249 yards. McAllister rushed 18 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns, but it was not nearly enough to keep pace with the Vikings.
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Captain Haynes with Lilburn Police said that around 8:00 p.m., the shooting took place in a driveway during an attempted home robbery off Greenleaf Drive. The suspected gunman fled the scene on foot.
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ELMHURST – The GRAMMY Foundation will officially honor York Community High School as a 2013 Grammy Gold Signature School during the York Symphony Orchestra concert on Thursday.
Under the leadership of Performing and Visual Arts Division Chairman Bill Riddle, York received a $5,500 grant as one of the top three schools designated as gold finalists nationwide to benefit the school's music program.
The concert, directed by Ray Ostwald, assisted by Elmhurst student teacher Daniel Czyzewicz, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the York Community High School Auditorium, 355 W. Saint Charles Road, Elmhurst. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, and free for York students, District 205 staff, seniors with Very Important Patron privileges, children under 6 and Patron Pass holders.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Carlos Gomez is convinced the Milwaukee Brewers' current slump is just a momentary bump in the road.
That doesn't make it any easier to stomach after the Brewers fell to the Pirates 7-1 on Thursday night to fall to 2-11 in their last 13 games.
``I know we're going to be fine,' Gomez said. ``This is a problem that can be fixed because we have good players. It's tough now, though. It's embarrassing. We have a lot of expectations on this team and we're not playing up to them.'
Not in the slightest.
Milwaukee squandered a couple of chances to jump on Pittsburgh starter Francisco Liriano. The Brewers went just 1 for 5 with runners in scoring position, a constant during the final three games - all losses - of the four-game series.
``When you're not scoring runs, it's hard to get motivated as a group,' manager Ron Roenicke said. ``We need to grind out some runs and get going.'
Hiram Burgos (1-2) allowed three runs on eight hits in five innings, walking three and striking out three. He had little trouble until the fifth, when Starling Marte beat out an infield hit. Burgos threw to first a couple times to keep the speedy Marte in check then sent an 85 mph fastball to Travis Snider that the Pittsburgh outfielder deposited into the Allegheny River for his first homer in nine months.
``I know who is running but at the same time I have to do a better job of executing my pitch, too,' Burgos said. ``The most important thing is the pitch and I threw a fastball up and down the middle of the plate and he put a good swing on it.'
Snider finished 3 for 5 with three RBI. Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte, Garrett Jones and Russell Martin had two hits for Pittsburgh. Liriano (2-0) allowed one run on six hits over 5 2-3 innings, striking out seven and walking three.
``I just try to stay calm, not try to do too much, hit my spot and just focus on location,' Liriano said. ``Pitching is all about location. I'm locating my fastball a lot better and my slider is working for me so far.'
While Milwaukee is wobbling, the Pirates are surging. Pittsburgh moved to 24-17 with the win, matching its best start through the first quarter of the season in 21 years. The 1992 Pirates also began the season 24-17 and finished with 96 victories while capturing the NL East. It's also the last time Pittsburgh finished the season with a winning record.
The romp capped a dramatic turnaround in one of baseball's most lopsided rivalries. Milwaukee has dominated the Pirates over the last six years, coming into the series 71-25 against Pittsburgh since 2007.
Milwaukee won the opener on Monday before the Pirates responded with a 4-3 win on Tuesday in 12-innings. A 3-1 victory followed on Wednesday before Thursday's romp, the first time the Pirates have won three straight against the Brewers in the same series since Aug. 16-18, 2009.
Liriano, who signed a two-year free agent contract in the offseason, sparkled in his home debut. The veteran lefthander missed the season's first six weeks while recovering from a broken right arm. He sailed through his first start, an 11-2 romp over the New York Mets last Saturday.
Things were a little tighter this time around. The Brewers pushed a run across in the first on an RBI-single by Jonathan Lucroy, an inning that could have been bigger if leadoff hitter Norichika Aoki hadn't been gunned down trying to steal second after a leadoff walk and McCutchen didn't rob Ryan Braun of extra bases with a leaping grab at the wall in center.
The veteran lefthander seemed to settle down immediately. He struck out four straight batters at one point and worked out of a trouble spot in the fifth when Jonathan Lucroy flied out to left with two on to preserve a 1-1 game.
Snider broke the tie in the bottom of the inning but Milwaukee had a chance in the sixth after Clint Barmes bobbled a potential double-play ball at shortstop. Reliever Justin Wilson came on with two outs and retired pinch-hitter Aramis Ramirez on a fly to left with two on and two outs to preserve the lead for Liriano.
The Pirates broke it open in the sixth off reliever Alfredo Figaro, ripping off five straight hits to score four runs and stake the franchise to its best start in 21 years.
NOTES: Four-time All-Star reliever Francisco Rodriguez, called up from Triple-A Nashville early Thursday, struck out one batter during his perfect one inning of work. To make room for Rodriguez, INF Taylor Green (hip) was placed on the 60-day disabled list and C/1B Blake Lalli was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ... Milwaukee travels to St. Louis Friday. Wily Peralta (3-3, 5.40) faces Jaime Garcia (4-2, 2.88) ... Burgos picked up his first major league hit in the third inning with a flare to right field off Liriano.


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Communists are proud of their philosophy; they feel generous and altruistic. But, as they know nothing about the structure of human beings, they don't know that to improve their material conditions while rejecting all their spiritual aspirations can only result in disaster. In the long run, they become dishonest, deceitful and cruel animals. A Communist who fails to cultivate his spiritual, mystical dimension, ends by becoming as bad as the worst Capitalist: unjust, violent, authoritarian and always ready to misuse his strenght and power. So many examples are there to show that, in spite of their magnificient philosophy, a great many Communists end by betraying their principles. Yes, because it is easy to adopt an ideal philosophy, but it is much more difficult to put it into practice in one's everyday life; and yet that is the one thing that is essential.
Cosmic Intelligence has designed human beings in such a way that they cannot reach perfection unless they maintain ties with a higher world which alerts them to possible dangers and gives them light and strength. A man who relies exclusively on his own limited intellect can neither foresee nor fully understand events, with the result that he makes catastrophic mistakes in every area. All those for whom power lies in technology, industry and material progress and who imagine that, because they have all these things at their command, even God is going to obey them, are bound, sooner or later, to bite the dust. When their conduct is inspired exclusively by their desire to lord it over everyone else and ignores the intentions of Cosmic Intelligence, they stir up ceratin layers of the physical and psychic atmosphere and provoke the hostility of fearful powers and forces which unleash a terrible reaction.
There are some tremendous surprises in store for political thinkers and heads of State who deceide to solve problems without studying the underlying nature of man. For the need for spiritual nourishment will awaken in the breasts of the oppressed with such force that nothing, neither threats nor prisons nor death, will persuade them to give it up. And this will come about in the near future. This is why Russia faces the choice between being attacked by other powerful and well-armed powers of changing its attitude and replacing its form of communism by the true communism of Christ. When Russia does this it will be playing a truly glorious role because it will bring a new culture and a new spiritual civilisation to the whole world.
I know, of course, that, for several years, Russia has been conducting research into parapsychological phenomena. But what is the purpose of this research? They are trying to find out if these means can be used to detect the thoughts and plans of others and emit waves to influence them and act on their minds. In this way, they hope to be able to subject others to their own will and get them to serve their interests. Obviously, the people who do this have no knowledge of Initiatic Science. As long as their only aim is to dominate other countries - ecen to the point of trying to kill people by sending them objects impregnated with noxious emanations - it proves that they are only interested in gratifying their lower, destructive, demonic nature. And this is black magic. I have known people who dabbled in this dangerous field and they have all disappeared. Yes, because they were ignorant fools who aroused within themselves forces as dark as those they were trying to manipulate and these forces simply annihilated them.
Several times in the course of history whole continents have disappeared with all their inhabitants for no other reason than that they refused to acknowledge that higher forces and intelligences existed and that man must live in harmony with them.
And now, the Aquarian age is going to bring tremendous upheavals which will oblige the survivors to understand that there are laws which must be respected. The beauty, splendour and harmony of the new life that is being prepared is beyond imagination. All the creatures throughout the world who are secretly at work to bring about the Kingdom of God will unite and work together with such grandiose means that the strongholds of ignorance, materialism and despotism will crumble. This I am telling you and it will be so. Nothing will be strong enough to stand in the way of the new era, the Golden Age that has been foretold by many prophets, particularly by Nostradamus. This is why I say to all those who are unaware of these great truths: 'All of you who run after wealth and world domination so frantically, I warn you that, even if you succeed, you will never be satisfied. You are squandering all your most precious energies in pursuit of things that cannot last, that will disappear without a trace or, if they do leave a trace in the minds of men, it will be one of horror that will arouse the indignation and abhorrence of future generations.' Did Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Attila, Nero, Hitler or Stalin leave traces fo glory? No, their triumph was short-lived and soon forgotten.
It is time, now, to guide young people in a different direction. If I said that I knew pedagogical methods that exist nowhere on earth because they consist in starting the education of children even before they are born, all the educators in the world would be up in arms to prevent me from doing anything about it. I could give you proof of the efficacy of my method but I am prevented from doing so. for years and years, my application for French citizenship has been refused and, in this way, I am deprived of the means of helping your country to become the torch-bearer of humanity.
Thousands of foreigners have been naturalized, but I have been refused. Of course, I know why: apparently even the C.I.A suspected me of being a Soviet spy, but they have never been able to prove their suspicions.
And shall I tell you what I told an eminent jurist (a very nice, intelligent man) with whom I was discussing the situation? I said, 'It's true that I belong to the secret service of another country, but I know so many tricks that it is impossible to catch me out. In spite of all the inquiries and investigations that have been carried out, no one has ever been able to pin anything on me; that's because I'm much too wily, much too far-sighted and wary. I think we should tell those responsible for the security of France that they should come and take lessons from me and learn how I deal with cases of this kind.' He began to laugh because, of course, he understood that I was joking. Then I told him, 'But now I've started to write memoirs and I want to talk about all my exploits as a spy. The trouble is, though, that I have a problem: I can't for the life of me remember the names of the people I have met or of the countries and towns I have been to. I can't even remember the dates. What a disaster to lose one's memory to such degree!' 'I can tell already that your book is going to be a best-seller', he said, 'Everybody will read it'. And he began to laugh, too.
My dear brothers and sisters, Heaven has given me a philosophy that is capable of transforming every living creature on condition, of course, that they adopt it. And if there are people who want to do away with me - as, in the past, there have always been some who wanted to do away with those who brought something good, something just and divine to the world - they should remember that those who are massacred in this way always end by being glorified and sanctified. Even their ideas spread, for when they reincarnate, they have other powers and possibilities with which to continue the work that was interrupted. Whereas those who massacred them will also be eliminated... but they will be neither glorified nor sanctified. So, why do they persist in their ignorance of these sublime truths instead of working for a new order, for the one great family of the Universal White Brotherhood?
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Ten years after the important retrospective exhibition held at the Guggenheim museum of New York, Francesco Clemente (b. 1952, Naples) returns to his home town and to the museum where in 2005 he worked for 4 months on a fresco of monumental proportions, shown in two different rooms, as well as on a ceramic floor that with the memory of childhood illustrated the ancient places and symbols of Naples.
Eight sections and more than 100 works describe the continuous "sailing" of the artist from his birthplace (the Italian culture and in particular the Neapolitan culture) towards Rome, India, the States, and his always going back "home". The title refers to the metaphor of philosopher Hans Blumenberg in his book Shipwreck with the Spectator. Clemente's artistic path from 1974 to 2004 in fact is associated with a shipwreck, and the works on show are the fragments, the pieces of the wreck. The spectator is the artist himself who observes his thirty-year journey, made up of many steps, looking for a reconciliation between the heritage of Greco-Roman antiquity and a contemporary take on the world. An interior conflict that "comes to surface" when you observe Clemente's trajectory, his continuous references to ancient philosophy, to symbology and mythology, but also to religious practice, through arcane images, ambivalent forms, deformed self-portraits as well as through the technical and stylistic experimentations ranging from oil to watercolour, from fresco to mosaic.
A special section, created on the occasion of the exhibition, displays 10 new works executed in 2009 and never shown before, that go under the title of "In meiner Heimat" . Heimat is a German word that indicates the territory in which you feel at home because you were born there, you spent your childhood there or your beloved ones live there. Gathered under the section titled "Maps", this group of works presents the places to which Clemente refers throughout his artistic journey.
The exhibition also features the drawings that Francesco Clemente executed to illustrate the new short story by Salman Rushdie titled In the South, written on the occasion of this show and attached to the Electa catalogue.


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2010 Big West Men's Cross Country Championship - Complete Results in PDF Format
Sophomore Juan Paredes and junior Isadore Herrera each finished in the top-10 to help the UC Santa Barbara men's cross country team to a solid third-place finish at the 2010 Big West Championship meet at the Ag/Ops Course in Riverside, Calif., on Saturday morning.
In an upset, UC Davis won the meet, edging UC Riverside 64-66. UCSB was third with 70 points while Long Beach State finished fourth with 76. Seven-time defending champion Cal Poly had 90 points to finish a surprising fifth.
Paredes and Herrera ran together in the 8K race with the former finishing ninth in a time of 24:38.8 and the latter finishing 10th at 24:39.6. Junior Andrew Pilavjian was 13th at 24:42.6, sophomore Bhavik Kanzaria was 18th at 24:50.2 and junior Anthony Masci gave the Gauchos five top-20 finishers by finishing 20th at 24:51.6.
Freshman Jeremy Acosta(25th-place in 25:03.3), sophomore Michael Wysocki (41st-place in 25:37.8), junior Doug Whichard (50th-place in 26:07.9) and sophomore Baxter Frick (59th-place in 27:01.5) rounded out the field for Santa Barbara.
UC Davis sophomore Jon Peterson won the individual title comfortably with a 23:40.2 time, 17.4 seconds ahead of Riverside junior Chad Hall who clocked a 23:57.6. Peterson and Hall were the only two competitors to finish under 24:00.0.
The Gauchos return to action on Saturday, Nov. 12 when they travel to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA West Regionals.
The athletics rivalry between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly has grown in recent years, and now the schools are putting their competition to good use through the Blue-Green Rivalry.
As the Gauchos and Mustangs battle it out on the field, diamond, court and in the pool, the Big West rivals will seek to make fans and students aware of their campuses' recycling and sustainability efforts. The eco-slant to the rivalry fits the colors of sustainability (blue and green) as well as those of UCSB (blue) and Cal Poly (green).
The Blue-Green Rivalry is based on the results of the 16 common sports that the schools compete in and winner will be decided prior to the end of each school year.
The creative angle of using games to promote the campuses' sustainability and recycling efforts is the first of its kind in college athletics. To learn more about sustainability efforts at UCSB, click here.
Tickets for the 2010 NCAA Men's College Cup National Championship, scheduled for Meredith Field at Harder Stadium on Dec. 10 and 12, remain available. To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or buy online by clicking here. Students can purchase all-session passes for the discounted rate of $20.


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Japanese Police Charge 2channel Founder Over Forum Posts 62
identity0 writes "According to Japan Probe, Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of 2ch.net, has been charged with drug offenses by Japanese police over a forum post made on 2ch in 2010. He is not even accused of making the post, but of failure to have moderators delete it. The post apparently discussed drugs. 2ch.net (also called 2channel) is Japan's biggest forum, with over a million posts a day, of which the post in question was one. The site inspired image board 2chan.net (but is not directly related to it), which spawned copycat English site 4chan.net. More info at Slashdot Japan, if you can read Japanese."


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"ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger (Old French jauger), from gauge "gauging rod," perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (cf. Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High German galgo; see gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging. The figurative use is from 1580s.
"fixed standard of measure," early 15c. (surname Gageman is early 14c.), from Old North French gauge "gauging rod" (see gauge (v.)). Meaning "instrument for measuring" is from 1680s.
A shotgun: a shotgun is called ''the gauge,'' explained Officer Phil Lee/ This man took a gauge (Armond pantomimes holding a gun, then bends over to dodge from it) and two people end up dead
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How does one find the measure of a side on a triangle ... when one knows the measures of the angles and two of the sides?
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I believe you and most rational posters will feel the same way.
With that get prepared for the onslaught...
Btw thanks for sharing...
Played at a buddy's club in Atlanta, a former NFL GM was in our foursome. He saw my Jets hat, towel and headcover etc.. He was pretty outspoken and I didn't inquire as much as he offered his opinion. This is what he said. I thought about not posting this but I will not say his name.
1) Tannenbaum was respected amongst GMs. He has no clue about Idzik.
I asked about the Sanchez deal and he said.."Yes, big mistake, we all make a few".
2) Rex is a good HC and would land another job in his opinion and should be given time to work through this.
3) I asked about Rex's ability to evaluate talent. he said "All HC's think they can evaluate talent, they usually can't. rex is no different. He said Billicek and a small few can.
4) The truth.. He said and I quote "Hated Sanchez in college and am not surprised by what has happened. In fact, i'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.
5) Without a decent QB..NO team can do well. Jets must fix this.
6) Thinks the PATS cheating is not spoken about enough and that Tom Brady should not be a 1st ballot HOFer. Make him sit out like a steroid user at least one round.
Trust me...this happened.
I believe you and most rational posters will feel the same way.
With that get prepared for the onslaught...
Btw thanks for sharing...
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Thanks very nice post!!!
Thanks for posting! Definitely interesting comments.
BTW.. I like REX. So when he supportedbRE, I responded about fans who believe he can't evaluate talent and I mentioned 2010. he then said the comment about most coach's etc.
I defer to his judgement. When he talks about due diligence on cash flow, I'll take the lead.
This "former GM" who played golf with Spca tells da truth! lol! He hates the Pats, think they did some underhanded things! OMG! His opinion is very valid because an NFL team fired him for his personnel decisions. He's an insider on the Pats and the draft process in general. He's a hero.
We already know the lone vote against Brady to the HoF. Way to out yourself. You've already prepped your "Why Brady is not a Hall of Famer" article 5-8 years in advance.
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OP played a round of golf with a failed GM who has things to say about both the Jets and Pats. You didn't play golf with an NFL GM, you played with a former GM who has no influence on NFL transactions.
Tom might be a second-ballot? LOL, no.
Tannenbaum was respected among GMs? LOL, no, he's working for an athlete agency, the NFL didn't want him. This is a huge professional step down. There's no way he prefers this to work in the NFL. It's a sad downfall, if anything.
The secret source admitted that it is very difficult to identify talent to the pros, only Belichick and a few others can do it.
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This whole thread says nothing but is a huge brag for SPCA... it's brag-worthy, no doubt, but whatever some random fired NFL Exec has to say about the current state of the NFL is worthless. No one cares.
We all say stupid things when we're gRunK.
SPCA created an OP with a multitude of unsubstantiated claims, referenced a former GM, which we as fans cannot consider a valid source of reference when it comes to the Jets. He would like Brady a second-ballot, good for him, it won't happen. Same with Belichick. First ballot. major network coverage, plastered all over the world. Legends. Playing golf with some random fired NFL exec who likes Rex and Tanny only serves to make Jets fans feel good.
Frankly I don't really care, it's the offseason. NFL and CFB guys golf and BS all day. It's CPA's intention to imply that some random dude who hates Belichick represents the thoughts of the NFL - he cheats, nobody likes him! Couldn't be further from the truth.
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Calais (Dutch: Kales) is a city in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. It is the closest point on the French mainland to England; Dover lies across the English Channel (La Manche) just 32 km away. The town has a major cross-Channel ferry port, and the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel is nearby.
Calais is very popular with British day-trippers arriving by ferry or on Channel Tunnel shuttle trains: one reason being due to the fact that France has lower taxes on alcohol and tobacco than the UK. Large warehouse supermarkets have sprung up on the outskirts of Calais just to serve these British "booze cruisers" who return to the UK with their car suspensions groaning under the weight of cheap alcohol and cigarettes. While most tourists view the town as simply a port, there is more than that.
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Calais is connected to Dover in England by ferry services operated by P&O Ferries [1], DFDS Seaways [2] and MyFerryLink [3]. Ferry crossings between Dover and Calais take typically around 1 hour 30 mins and there are up to 41 sailings daily. The check-in time is 30 minutes before departure for vehicles and 45 minutes before departure for foot passengers.
The Strait of Dover is one of the most frequented shipping lanes in the world. Calais ferry port allows easy access to the town itself as well as shops outside the town, many of which are designed to sell alcohol to visitors from the UK where higher taxation means alcohol of all kinds is normally priced higher.
Free car parking facilities are available in front of the Calais ferry terminal and the maximum stay is three days.
The port in Calais is also directly linked to the French motorway system. The A26/E15, which provides access to the heart of France including Paris and beyond and the A16/E40, a gateway to Benelux and the northern European motorway systems. The A16/E402 directs you to western France.
Another popular ferry route is Dover to Dunkirk (near Calais) which is operated by DFDS Seaways and takes around 2 hours.
Tickets can be booked directly through the company websites or via AFerry.co.uk.
Passengers travelling by ferry from Dover to Calais/Dunkirk go through French passport/identity card checks in the UK before embarkation, rather than on arrival in France. Passengers travelling in the other direction from Calais/Dunkirk to Dover by ferry go through French exit checks and UK passport/identity card checks in Calais/Dunkirk before embarkation, and UK customs checks on arrival in the UK.
Fares for the Dover-Calais ferry start from £25 (day return) and £39 (single) for a car with up to 9 passengers.
Eurostar [4] operates high-speed trains between Calais Fréthun station and the following destinations in the United Kingdom and Belgium:
Note that Calais Fréthun station is some distance from Calais city centre, but there are a number of trains operating between Calais Fréthun and Calais Ville (in the city centre), as well as shuttle buses and taxis.
The Eurostar timetable is available from their website [5].
Passengers travelling by Eurostar from the UK to Calais go through French passport/identity card checks in the UK before boarding the train, rather than on arrival in France. Passengers travelling in the other direction from Calais to the UK by Eurostar go through French exit checks, followed by UK passport/identity card checks in Calais Fréthun station before boarding the train, and UK customs checks on arrival in the UK.
Those travelling by Eurostar between Brussels and Calais are within the Schengen Area, however passengers are still subject to UK immigration controls.
Although the Brussels Midi-Calais Fréthun route can't be purchased through the Eurostar website, it is available on the Belgian Railways website [6].
Eurostar fares start from £66 return (under 26) and £69 return (adults) from the UK to Calais [7].
Eurotunnel (Le Shuttle)
Running from Folkestone to the western edge of Calais (Coquelles), this car shuttle service operated by Eurotunnel [8] takes about 35 min (although only about 20 min of the journey is in the tunnel) and offers the fastest way to travel between the UK and Calais. This train service is for passengers with cars only, who remain with their car for the duration of the short trip. There are toilet facilities onboard.
Passengers travelling from Folkestone to Calais go through French passport/identity card checks in the UK before boarding the train, rather than on arrival in France. Those travelling in the other direction from Calais to the UK by Eurotunnel go through UK passport/identity card and customs checks in Coquelles before boarding the train, rather than on arrival in the UK.
Running from Lille, Boulogne, Dunkirk and Paris, Calais is well supported by the French national rail network. Calais Ville is the station serving the city centre, whilst Calais Fréthun is located on the outskirts of Calais. There are trains that operate between Calais Ville and Calais Fréthun stations.
The Motorail service linking Calais with Narbonne, Marseille and Lyon was withdrawn in 2010 owing to rising costs & poor exchange rates.
Get around
Most people travel by car around the town, but there is a comprehensive network of buses running from the town centre to the suburbs and Cité Europe. The port is served by a special shuttle bus although via a footbridge the centre, and the harbour terminal are only 15 min apart.
Bus 5 is useful for reaching the large Auchan and Carrefour hypermarkets and the Cite Europe shopping mall and the 6 goes to Calais Frethun Eurostar station. Services run every 30 min during the day and costs about €1 (board through the front door and pay the driver) and all buses terminate outside the Gare D'Ville.
For a lot more infos, have a look on the Couchsurfing Wiki Page of Calais. [11]
Get out
To hitchhike to Belgium or the Netherlands, if you leave the terminal, you must walk 500 m through a large car park, after which you will see roundabout and an on-ramp to the motorway. That is the place to hitch a ride: there is enough space even for a big lorry.
For a more 'traditional' experience of France, Saint-Omer is a mere 26 miles (43 kilometres) down the road from Calais. The Saturday morning market on the main square, the Place Foch, can be enjoyable. There are also good affordable restaurants and friendly bars, as well as interesting architecture.
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Dr. Helen Alvaré, a law professor at George Mason University specializing in religion and family law, says women of faith are finding themselves in empowering, meaningful jobs -- but gender roles are becoming confusing in a world in which several views of feminism still downplay the power of being a mother and wife.
Alvaré, who spoke Friday during a lunchtime lecture at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, that feminism has both helped and hindered Catholic women and advocates that women should see themselves as being equal to men while also embracing gender differences as gifts, not hindrances.
Those differences -- such as the ability to bear children and the "special capacity women have for The Other," or the feelings and needs of others -- can complement what their husbands offer without compromising a woman's professional aspirations or her own identity as a strong woman and feminist, she said.
God has entrusted women to new lives, Alvaré said during her talk, which was part of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Thought. The institute is a theological and intellectual organization that hosts lectures throughout the year in which prominent thinkers give presentations about topics such as the New Testament. It also partners with the University of Colorado to host an annual Great Debate lecture in which experts debate controversial topics that sometimes have Catholic ties.
Alvaré said the new pope, Pope Francis, has opened the door for more in-depth discussions about where and how women can fit into the Catholic faith. Yet, the pope has not set out clear guidelines about where and how those roles might change.
"It's up to us to fill in the blanks," Alvaré said.
To do that, Alvaré said, she went back to the teachings of another pope, John Paul II, who was pontiff from 1978 until his death in 2005. She referenced John Paul II's document, "On the Dignity and Vocation of Women: Mulieris Dignitatem," which says men and women have complementary roles in relationships and society.
Pope Francis just celebrated the 25th anniversary of the "Mulieris Dignitatem," which was the first papal teaching dedicated solely to the theme of women and their roles in Catholicism.
Alvaré said she grew up during the '70s, when it was common for feminists of the time to reject the idea of becoming mothers, instead focusing on making themselves equal to men by breaking into male-dominated careers and taking on "male tendencies" such as being more assertive.
As a young person, she wholeheartedly bought into the idea. Yet she now says that motherhood and parenting is a major strength for Catholic women -- a gift they can give their families while also pursuing careers.
Alvaré says theological arguments support the argument that men and women have different strengths, perspectives and roles but that both sexes have equal worth and importance.
Women should be valued in their role as child-bearers, both culturally and economically, but don't have to fall to the role of homemaker, she said.
In her lecture Friday, Alvaré called her presentation on women's roles in modern-day Catholicism "criminally brief" and said conversations could go much deeper than the two-hour luncheon allowed. Yet, she said some of her key points could be jumping-off points for other Catholic women, who are hoping to balance family life, careers and children while interpreting their choices through the lens of the Catholic faith.
Friday's was the last Aquinas Institute lecture of 2013, but Scott Powell, director of scriptural theology at St. Thomas Aquinas, 898 14th St., Boulder, said the next lecture event will be the annual Great Debate on Jan. 31.
This year's Great Debate topic is about the morality of the death penalty.
"It's going to be a really great discussion," Powell said.
Megan Quinn writes a faith column once a week for the Camera. Contact her at email@example.com.


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I am sending the direction and what I have so far but the program will not run at all. I also have another question, I keep getting error messages that say "col, row, and matrix are undeclared identifier" why does this happen when I don't have those things in the program? I used them at one time but I erased them.
#include "stdafx.h" #include <iostream> #include <string> #include <fstream> using namespace globalType; void printResults(); print word_count(std::string); int find(std::string[], int word_count, std::string a_word) { for(int i=0; i < word_count; ++i) if(words[i] == a_word) return i; return-1; // did not find word } int main() { const int MAX_WORDS = 100; std::string words[MAX_WORDS]; int words[100][length of longest word +1] std::ifstream("SelectWords.txt"); while(file >> words[word_count]) ++word_count; //word_count contains number of words read int words[100][30]; int word_count[100]={0}; //initialize to zeros int pos = find( words, word_count, word_read_from_file); if(pos != -1) ++word_count; //if found, increment the count system("pause"); return 0; }
Read the words from a file named SelectWords.txt into a 100-element array of strings.
Declare and initialize to zeroes a parallel array of whole numbers for word counts
Declare and initialize to zeroes a parallel array of doubles for word frequencies.
Declare two strings to hold the shortest and longest words in the data file. Initialize the shortest word to thisisarunonsentencewithlotsofletters and the longest word to a.
Declare a whole number variable to hold the total word count, and initialize it to zero.
Open and read one of three data files, provided by the instructor, examining each word as it is read.
If the word matches one in the SelectWords array, increment the corresponding count in the parallel array of whole numbes.
If the word is shorter than the word currently in the ShortestWord string, replace the contents of that string with the word from the data file.
If the word is longer than the word currently in the LongestWord string, replace the contents of that string with the word from the data file.
Increment the TotalWordCount by one for each word read from the data file.
After all words have been read from the data file, calculate the frequency of occurrence of each of the SelectedWords by dividing its count by the TotalWordCount, and save the calculated value in the corresponding element of the array of doubles.
Display the name of the data file, the shortest word, longest word, and total word count.
Display the arrays of SelectedWords, their counts, and their frequency of occurrence in a columnar fashion. Format the frequency of occurrence with 2 significant digits and a field width of 6 characters.
For bonus credit: Declare an array of at least 30 integers and initialize each of them to zero. Use each to accumulate a count of all the words of that length. For instance, array[5] should hold a count of all words that were read from the data file that had a length of 5 characters. After all other output is complete, display the contents of this array, formatted as N words of length M, substituting the count for N and the array index for M. Do not display word lengths for which the count is zero


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Wigan boss Uwe Rosler admitted he did not see the sparkling goal Ben Watson scored to send his side into the last eight of the FA Cup.
The central midfielder - who nabbed the unlikely late winner against Manchester City in last year's final - fired a superb first-half strike from around 30 yards.
But, speaking after the 2-1 win at Cardiff City Stadium, Rosler revealed he was looking the other way at the time.
"I didn't saw (see) the second goal," he said. "I just turned around and the ball was in."
Despite a commanding performance, Watson was taken off early in the second half.
Rosler revealed the decision was a combination of precaution over an existing injury, and wanting to see how replacement Josh McEachran, a former Chelsea trainee, would handle a pressure situation.
Rosler added: "We take it game by game. I felt very happy with the performance, the application.
"Our supporters travelled in big numbers. We made them proud, we wanted to make them proud.
"I wanted to compete against the best teams in the country and Cardiff today gave us the possibility, and we stood our own ground very well.
"We've beaten now two teams (Premier League) on the way and we're now in the last eight."
Rosler's focus now switches to Barnsley in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday night, as the Latics continue their push for the play-offs.
Meanwhile, Bluebirds boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to prepare for a Premier League relegation battle.
Showing support for his opposite number, Rosler said: "We are friends and Ole Gunnar is a winner. I said that before the game.
"He knew exactly what he got himself into coming to Cardiff and he can make it happen. He knows exactly what he's doing and you see already what he tried to achieve in terms of styles of play.
"He wants to attack and he will be fine. I have no worries about that."
Midfielder Chris McCann opened the scoring, before Bluebirds striker Fraizer Campbell equalised with a low drive.
Despite some nervy moments in the last 10 minutes, as Cardiff pushed and pressed for the equaliser, Wigan held out to keep their dream of a second successive FA Cup trophy alive.
Reflecting on the loss, Solskjaer said: "I wouldn't even say pretty disappointing. It's very disappointing, because we had the majority of the possession, the majority of the shots, more chances, but when you don't take chances you're not going to win games.
"The first goal to concede is a poor one. I thought it was a stupid foul to give away, then we don't clear our lines.
"We should have headed it clear, but the second goal we can't do anything about - that's a wonder strike by the kid. That was the two shots they had on target."
Despite losing to a team from the Championship, which Cardiff won and got promoted from last year, the Norwegian added: "They are a good side. They are the holders, he's (Rosler) done really well with them for the months he's been there.
"They play good football, they've got good players - probably got more Premier League experience than we have - so of course we didn't play mugs, we played a good team with good players."
Looking to how his side will tackle the challenge ahead, Solskjaer added: "I don't know any other way than work hard, believe in what you're doing, don't feel sorry for yourself.
"That's the only way to get out of a bad spell as a footballer, as a team, as a club and that's what you've got to do.
"You've got to believe in each other, trust in each other and we've got a big, big game next weekend - Hull."
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Get an overview of this hotelDowntown all-suite hotel with indoor pool
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Performing Arts
This downtown Lincoln hotel is adjacent to the Lied Center for the Performing Arts and within 6 blocks of the University of Nebraska, the Haymarket District, and the Children's Museum.
Cooked-to-order breakfast
Embassy Suites Lincoln offers complimentary cooked-to-order breakfasts daily, daily manager's receptions, and 24-hour complimentary airport transportation. An indoor pool, business center, and an arcade are on site.
2-room suites
2-room suites at this Embassy Suites hotel offer sofa beds, microwaves, refrigerators, and in-room safes. Other amenities include TVs with cable and pay movies, and WiFi and wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge).
Languages Spoken
- English
Embassy Suites Lincoln
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Complimentary amenities at the Embassy Suites Lincoln include a cooked-to-order breakfast each morning, a daily manager's reception, and 24-hour airport transportation at scheduled times (advance notice required). The hotel has an indoor pool, a sauna, a spa tub, an arcade, and a game room. Fitness equipment is available on site, and guests also receive discounted access to a nearby fitness center.
The hotel has a business center with WiFi and high-speed Internet access (surcharge) as well as secretarial service and offers 14,000 square feet (1260 square meters) of meeting space for large and small groups in 15 conference rooms. The hotel also provides complimentary wireless Internet access and luggage storage. A restaurant is on site, and the hotel also offers room service. Guests can choose self or valet parking, both for a surcharge.
- Express check-in
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free airport transportation
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 15
- Restaurant
- Free WiFi
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (meters) - 1260
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free reception
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- Conference space size (feet) - 14000
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 252
- Number of floors - 9
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Arcade/game room
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Separate living room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Arcade/game room
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: ,
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- MP3 docking station
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Separate bedroom
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Kitchenette
- Shower only
- Cable TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
- Separate living room
- Microwave
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Sofa bed
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is provided each morning.
Embassy Bar & Grille - Casual restaurant serving American cuisine from late morning to late evening. A wide selection of tasty food cooked by talented chefs is available. A manager's reception, featuring complimentary drinks, is served daily.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near this downtown Lincoln hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.99 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 9.99 per night (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 9 per day (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 15 per day (in/out privileges)
Hotel Name
- Embassy Suites Hotel Lincoln
- Embassy Suites Lincoln
- Lincoln Embassy Suites
- Embassy Suites Lincoln Hotel Lincoln
- Embassy Suites Lincoln Hotel
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This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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They got the idea from total recall then?
Although anything that doesn't require me to remove my shoes and belt is a good thing. Can't stand travelling to the US for that reason.
I'm pretty sure the sniffer on this thing can detect the decay products of steroids.
Is it sensitive enough to also detect cannabis [google.com]?
yes, if it's full of beagles [itchmo.com].
And a helluva lot of good it did *them*....
They got the idea from total recall then?
Yeah, that's what I thought. I so want to create the disassembling head-thing that Arnie had. Bonus points for being able to hit the red switch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWIHv7a6luY [youtube.com]
What's the cancer risk then? How much radiation do we need to absorb in the name of safety? Will people be restricted from flying too often to keep them safe from our invasive scans?
Actually, you probably absorb more radiation from the altitude of the flight than any checkpoints.
That's probably true. The issue is that in-flight radiation is a NECESSARY part of flying, while scanning is completely useless and provides no benefit whatsoever.
I will absorb more heat from the room I'm sitting in right now over the time period of a typical flight than I would from 30 seconds under the pencil-thin flame of a MAPP torch. Nevertheless, I would much rather spend the four hours sitting comfortably in this room than 30 seconds under the torch flame. Four hours in the room will barely hurt me at all aside from a little normal aging damage, 30 seconds under the torch, depending on where it's applied, could blind me, deafen me, paralyze me, destroy my hand
I'm one of the lucky ones: I don't have a job-related need to take an airplane, so I haven't flown for the last few years.
Seriously: the TSA has proven time and again that they can't be trusted with wiping their own ass, much less handling security, privacy, or customer relations.
I feel bad for the airlines, and I miss going places I can't drive, but I cannot stomach their security theatre, invasiveness, or sexual assaults.
I miss flying but I feel no remorse for the airlines.
They have been screwing passengers for years.
I don't fly any more either. I do miss the fast travel but not the multi hour lay overs.
I didn't stop flying. I went out and got my pilot's license, then I built an airplane. Now I fly every chance I get! No lines, no TSA, no long waits except for the weather. I have crossed the country multiple times now and have met some of the nicest people at small airports. Yes, I only cruise at about 200 mph but since I don't have to be at the airport 2 hours early and can fly to small airports nearer to my destination, I can almost always beat the airlines.
"And loving it!"
i can see why the nerds might be upset.
New Hampshire was one of the first states to reject "Real-ID", and to hell with the (then-threatened) restrictions on air travel. I was one of the people that campaigned actively for this; one of my friends was a co-sponsor of the bill [nhliberty.org] that did the opt-out, not only from Real-ID, but from "any national identification card system that may follow"
If that sounds good to you, you should check us out: http://freestateproject.org//intro/real-id [freestateproject.org]
New Hampshire Airport passenger: Live free or die!
TSA employee: I accept your offer. Termination line is to your left, down the hall.
New Hampshire Airport passenger: Live free or die!
TSA employee: I accept your offer. Termination line is to your left, down the hall.
Heh. Reminds me of the Suicide Booth scene in the first episode of Futurama, where Fry thinks it's a phone booth:
- Booth: Please select mode of death. Quick and painless or slow and horrible.
- Fry: I'd like to make a collect call.
- Booth: You have selected, "slow and horrible."
Why on Earth would they try to blow up the plane if they have to go through such tight security? It's a lot easier to target the lines.
Excerpts from the last thoughts of Abdul Hassan Gamal ibn al Azad*: "I wait in line, my backpack concealing three kilograms of C4, surrounded by a layer of scrap metal and nails dipped in anti-coagulant rat poison. I wait for the line to get as long as possible to include the greatest number of people in the blast. I don't care if I die, 40 (or 42?) virgins will be my reward for fighting the Holy War in the name of the one god Allah. I trigger the detonator..."
Maybe less casualties than downing an Airbus, possibly more if the line is long and packed, and no need to risk going through security. The fact that the bomber dies first doesn't seem to be a problem when they're happy to die, and you can afford to use them like money ante poker chips, knowing you can always recruit five more for every one that's caught or killed. The checkpoints merely shifted the most vulnerable point from the air onto the ground, where the terrorists can do even more damage.
* Any semblance to living persons is purely coincidental.
Besides in the business class you get glasses, steel forks and knives plus you can order bottled wines and champagnes.
Try more deaths than a typical flight, being indoors does wonders for the effect of a small bomb. If Abdul Hassan Gamal ibn al Azad decides to make sure he is near a support beam/column he might get really lucky and shutdown that airport for days.
I don't care if I die, 40 (or 42?) virgins will be my reward for fighting the Holy War
Perhaps that the question for which the answer is 42...
You're forgetting that the head of the TSA has a huge budget and personal financial interest in the scanner companies...
People who can think about real attack scenarios don't get very far in the TSA of the 21st century. It's all about expensive, shiny machines and fancy dinners with politicians.
They should start calling these pricks "annoyancizers."
From TFA:
"Airlines are seeking ways to win back passengers put off by long and irritating airport security measures who have opted to travel instead by train, boat or car. IATA said Monday it expects the industry's profit this year to plummet to $4 billion from $18 billion last year."
It sounds like people have quit flying in droves since TSA implemented scanners and patdowns last year. Are there any other stories that could confirm this conclusion?
and the highest paid employee was not allowed to be any more than 20x the lowest paid employee
Woodward Governor [woodward.com] once had the restriction that the the CEO was paid 10x the amount of the lowest paid employee. That ended around the time Reagan took office.
pay the lowest paid employee $100,000/month
Is there a pandemic of terrorism directed at airplanes which I don't know about?
There is. There have been several dangerous passengers on board airlines in the past decade, and all of them have been unknowingly waved by security. The passengers on the airline, however, have subdued every one of them.
Note: there has never been an instance of a large bottle of Johnson's Baby Shampoo, or anything resembling it, used to blow up an airplane.
That is not a pandemic, that is a few isolated incidences.
Exactly. In the past decade, how many millions of passengers flew without any intent of blowing up the planes or doing any other kind of harm? How many people boarded airplanes with the intent to do harm (hijack, blow up, or even just threaten)? I don't have the figures on hand but if 500,000,000 flew without intent to do harm and 500 flew intending to harm others, then the terrorist-to-passenger ratio is 0.0001%. And my guesstimate is likely on the high side.
When I fly I'm not scared of some terrorist
...while reducing the hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying.
So they're reducing prices for luggage and fuel? The hiked ticket prices to cover the fuel hike in 2009, as well as tacked on additional fees for luggage, obesity, etc. Prices didn't drop back down much compared to the hike, and then they hike prices again for the 2011 oil scare.
That's pretty much what keeps me from flying.
Wouldn't a scarlet "A" tattooed on the forehead work better?
Oh, wait. That would require a trial. And a conviction. And facing your accuser. And a government that isn't becoming materially worse than the "terrorists" it claims it is protecting you from.
Sometimes I think the army is pointing their guns at the wrong would-be-oppressors.
Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.