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Is failure a gift to the creative process? Sarah Lewis investigates the importance of grit and perseverance in her new book The Rise, in conversation with actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith.
Sarah Lewis has served on President Obama's Arts Policy Committee, been selected for Oprah's "Power List," and is a faculty member at Yale University, School of Art in the MFA program. She graduated from Harvard, Oxford, and will receive her Ph.D. from Yale in March 2014. Her nonfiction debut, The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery (Simon & Schuster, translation rights in 6 countries to date), is an atlas of stories of innovation, discovery, and the creative progress spurred on by advantages gleaned from the improbable, the unlikely, even failure. Her essays on contemporary art have been published widely. Her second book Black Sea, Black Atlantic: Frederick Douglass, The Circassian Beauties, and American Racial Formation in the Wake of the Civil War is under contract with Harvard University Press for release in 2015. She has held positions at both the Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is currently a board member of The Andy Warhol for the Visual Arts, the CUNY Graduate Center, and The Brearley School. She lives in New York City.
Anna Deavere Smith, actress and playwright, is said to have created a new form of theater. Prizes include the National Humanities Medal presented by President Obama, a MacArthur fellowship, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award, two Tony nominations, two Obies and others. She was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for her play Fires in the Mirror. She has created over 15 one-person shows based on hundreds of interviews, most of which deal with social issues. Twilight: Los Angeles, about the Los Angeles race riots of 1992, was performed around the country and on Broadway. Her most recent one-person show, Let Me Down Easy, focused on health care in the US. Three of her plays have been broadcast on American Playhouse and Great Performances (PBS). In popular culture you have seen her in Nurse Jackie, The West Wing, The American President, Rachel Getting Married, Philadelphia, others. Books include Letters to a Young Artist and Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines. She is founder and director of ADS Works at the Aspen Institute and the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University. She has received several honorary degrees: among them those from Juilliard, the University of Pennsylvania, Spelman, Williams, Northwestern, and Radcliffe. She serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art, the Aspen Institute and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. She is University Professor at New York University.
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text: Providence has selected the city Christmas tree — right from the yard of a local couple. The city issued a call for nominations for the perfect tree and got 15 submissions from across Rhode Island. City spokesman David Ortiz said the winner is a Colorado blue spruce about 35 feet tall on the property of Robert Mink, a retired city firefighter, and his wife, Marie, of the Silver Lake neighborhood. The Minks' daughter said she urged them to donate it because it was too big for their property. She estimates her father planted it 45 years ago. (AP)


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It appears that the rumors about G4's demise were not entirely overstated. On Friday, the Hollywood Reporter published an article revealing that everyone's favorite gaming-related television network is about to become extinct. NBC is planning to replace G4's game-centric programming with a television version of everyone's favorite self-congratulatory, metrosexual magazine, Esquire.
G4 has been dead to me for a long time. Ever since they became "Cops Reruns Central".
Nope,G4 was garbage and full of lame comedy & reality shows.
People are going to come here for the girl in the picture. So, I'd say no.
Sessler was the last thing that kept that place relevant.
He's gone.


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Playing without the injured Rasmus Rissanen and Danny Biega – two of the team's top-four defensemen – on Sunday, the Checkers took the good with the bad in a 4-3 overtime victory. In feeling that his team won despite being outplayed by the Norfolk Admirals, coach Jeff Daniels admitted that the adjustment had its hiccups, which were not entirely unexpected.
Hosting a rematch against a more rested Norfolk team on Thursday should be a tougher challenge, but it won't end there. Two additional games against the Toronto Marlies, arguably the most physical team they've faced this season, as part of a three-in-three set this weekend will make it three games in 41 hours.
For inexperienced players who already facing a potential shock to the system in terms of a sudden increase in minutes played, it would be tough to pack more ice time into a shorter time period. However, the trio of Austin Levi, Keegan Lowe and Beau Schmitz, who up until recently were playing in a different league, playing a lesser role and sometimes not playing at all, are expected to shoulder the load.
"If you talk to them, I kind of lay it all on the line early in the season about my expectations, and I have high expectations," said Checkers assistant coach Geordie Kinnear, who works with the team's defense. "If they're in the lineup, I expect them to play a certain way and demand that of them whether they're young or old. My expectation is that they make the most of it."
Balancing out the younger trio are veterans Matt Corrente, Mark Flood and Michal Jordan, all important contributors who bring something different to the table. As Daniels first alluded to when disclosing that Biega and Rissanen would be out for several weeks, the ideal solution could be to add another experienced player accustomed to logging heavy ice time, but those don't exactly grow on trees.
Instead, it's on the younger players to make that adjustment.
"I was used to being a go-to guy all the time in junior, but for the better part of this year I've just been getting my feet wet in the league in that five-six role," said Lowe, who has played all 26 games as a rookie this season. "The biggest adjustment is getting used to the minutes again and bringing that consistent effort every shift, because when you're out there that much and against better players, you've got to be reliable."
Like Schmitz, who has played a total of 33 AHL games over the course of his first two pro seasons and got the Checkers on the board with a power-play goal on Sunday, Lowe has at least been around the team. That couldn't be said of Levi, a 21-year-old who made his AHL debut in the team's last game against Norfolk.
"There's a little bit of pressure, definitely, but I take that in stride and I'm excited about the opportunity," said Levi, who started his rookie campaign with the ECHL's Florida Everblades before the Checkers handed him his first recall last week. "I've just got to gain some confidence and play like I know I can."
"Keegan and Beau know what Geordie wants them to do in the d-zone and Austin kind of got thrown in to the fire, but the message for all three is really just to keep it simple and play their game," said Daniels. "We don't need them to go end-to-end."
As far as having to learn on the fly during the upcoming three-in-three, a tough stretch for any player, both Daniels and Kinnear said they would take each game as it comes. If nothing else, it's an opportunity that could end up being a key point in each player's development.
Even in a more limited role, Kinnear said that he had already seen Lowe take steps forward.
"I believe you have to play a certain way and Keegan's picked that up," he said. "He made mistakes early on, but what I like about him is that he admits them and learns from them, and that's the most important thing."
"There's so much I've learned this year and so much I've improved on," said Lowe, who began Sunday's game on a pairing with Jordan, the team's leader in terms of minutes played night in and night out. "The jump from junior to pro is a big step, and the things you thought you were exceptional at in junior you're behind the pack at pro."
Though, as of Wednesday, Biega had yet to return to the ice since his Dec. 12 injury, Rissanen has resumed practicing with the team but is not cleared for contact. Sean Dolan and Jared Staal have also skated, but all of that is a bit misleading with each player having suffered an upper-body injury that will still take some time to heal.
"The good thing about this is that they don't have to sit around for weeks at a time," said Daniels of his four injured players. "It's a good thing, but they aren't close."


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Parliament is back in session, so by Mark Twain's standards neither life, liberty nor proper should be safe. But apart from questions about Maori Party integrity and Winston Peter's wig, it's been a quiet political week.
Thanks goodness.
On with the show…
- Steven Joyce talks unusual sense for a politician. He says "Each time we say 'you can't' it carries a cost." And so it does. But what's with the "we," minister?
'We' Are a Little Confused - P O L I C Y M A T T E R S
- "You've heard that America is enjoying a "jobs-led recovery"? Don't be so sure.
No Evidence of a Jobs Recovery
- And you thought Bill Clinton was the president who couldn't keep it in his trousers…
The Truth About President Kennedy – S C O T T H O L L E R A N ' S B L O G
- How to choose from a bad bunch.
Ayn Rand on Selecting a Presidential Candidate? – Burgess Laughlin, M A K I N G P R O G R E S S
"Central bankers are the arsonists of [the present economic]
crisis who now pose as fire fighters quickly labelling
further monetary debasement 'stimulus'."
- Detlev Schlicter, "There will be no end to 'quantitative easing'"
- The groundswell against the warmist scam continues. German scientists and German media join the skeptics and "plunge into raucous discord on climate change."
Body Blow To German Global Warming Movement! Major Media Outlets Unload On "CO2 Lies!"
- Yes, John Key and Nick Smith jumped the gun. And you and the unemployed paid the price.
Australia's 7th State realizes it jumped the gun on climate deal - Steven Milloy, J U N K S C I E N C E
- Yes, it's true.
Man Arrested For Stealing a Glacier - G I Z M O D O
"What is the difference between animal spirits and the confidence
fairy? Why do Keynesians embrace one but not the other?"
- Russ Roberts
- The Europeans have a plan, and like all political plans…
Why Europe's Plan to End the Debt Crisis Can't and Won't Work - D A I L Y R E C K O N I N G
- Dept. of Yikes: "In effect the EFSF is being used to recapitalize the ECB."
- Do government-engineered "soft landings" ever work out as planned?
Are "Soft Landings" really softer? – Darius Cooper, P R A C T I C E G O O D T H E O R Y
- Alleged economists suggest printing more to devalue your currency is a good thing and not a disaster. That the job in times of economic disaster is to "boost demand." The biggest disaster is the economic theory on which such "thinking" is based.
Will Currency Devaluation Fix the Eurozone? – Frank Shostak, M I S E S D A I L Y
- You know about gold and how it can protect you when the times become those about which historians like to write. And how bonds can provide a return when they aren't. But where do gold bonds fit in?
Gold Bonds – Keith Weiner, K E I T H W E I N E R ' S P O S T E R O U S
- What politicians, economists and environmentalists need to learn from the billion-dollar collapse of Obama's "green jobs" flagship, but won't.
Lessons From Solyndra – Robert Murphy, E C O N L I B
"There are few branches of learning as devoid of history's
light as economics. Economists are rarely informed by it."
- Jonathan R. T. Hughes's in his book
The Government Habit,
quoted by Don Boudreaux
- Message to those who favour rights for prisoners: properly convicted criminals no longer have all the rights they were born with.
Rights Are Inalienable But Forfeitable – Diana Hsieh, N O O D L E F O O D
- "It's one of the most ancient insult gestures known," says anthropologist Desmond Morris. And after halftime at the Superbowl, this is the question all America is asking:
When did the middle finger become offensive? - B B C
- What are the two most important things in life? Answer from The Philosopher: Work, and sex with someone you love.
The Indispensables: Work, And Sex With A Woman You Love – C H A R L O T T E C A P I T A L I S T
- Three suicides; one life-affirming lesson.
Three Suicides – Jim Woods, W O R D S B Y W O O D S
- Publish or perish, but at what cost?
Research in universities - the good and bad – John Drake, T R Y R E A S O N
- Answering those questions you've always asked:
Why Jews don't farm – Steve Landsburg, T H E B I G Q U E S T I O N S
- So the great man was religious? So what.
How religious was Isaac Newton? – Fred Seiler, S E I L E R O N S C I E N C E
- "The perfect is the enemy of the good." Discuss.
Video: Overcoming Perfectionism – Diana Hsieh, N O O D L E F O O D
- Good news: Christchurch Art Gallery rescues art from damage. Bad news, however: any damage could only have improved the 'art.' Take a look…
- Dickens' Novels in 140 Character Tweets: Is this what you might call short stories?
What if Charles Dickens and his characters had written for Twitter? – D A I L Y M I R R O R
[Thanks and hat tips to Geek Press, Marginal Revolution, Watts Up With That, Rational Jenn, Cafe Hayek, The Playful Spirit]


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Rahal Resumes Career In St. Pete
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
Thanks to an unlikely alliance between popular IndyCar owner/driver Sarah Fisher and one of the series' aspiring American stars, "IGTBG."
That's the message on Graham Rahal's personalized Ohio license plate, vanity-speak for "It's Good To Be Graham." Actually, 1986 Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal put that tag on his son at age 16, when Graham was competing in Formula BMW and dreaming of emulating his father. An inside joke as Graham rose through the open-wheel and sports car ranks, "IGTBG" took on a serious tone when Fisher hired Rahal to drive in Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule.
Rahal, 21, will make his competitive debut in the No. 67 Dollar General Dallara/Honda fielded by Sarah Fisher Racing during the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Fla., this weekend. Rahal also is scheduled to compete in the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park on April 11.
The two-race deal has reinvigorated Rahal following a fruitless offseason search for a full-time ride after losing McDonald's financial backing and his seat at Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. Rahal has been replaced there by Hideki Mutoh, formerly of Andretti Autosport.
"Obviously, it's extremely exciting for me, and the call came from Andy O'Gara, Sarah's husband," Rahal said during a teleconference three days after the season-opening Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil. "When I got it, it was a complete shock. Things were looking really… it wasn't looking good for us to make St. Petersburg or Barber.
"And being that there was one race, other than the 500, I don't want to miss every year is St. Pete. When the opportunity came from Sarah and Dollar General for me, I just had to jump right at it. Extremely excited and very enthusiastic about everything that's gone on at or with SFR so far. And I think as we look to St. Pete and Barber, a lot of people are pretty optimistic. I feel like we should have a pretty good run at both places."
Ryan Briscoe of Penske Racing won last year's race on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Pete street course, after Rahal earned his first career series pole at 103.627 mph for NHLR. In the process, Rahal became the youngest pole-winner in series history – a proper encore to his victory in the 2008 event. Making his crash-belated first IndyCar start, Rahal drove to victory over series superstars Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan at an average speed of 74.251 mph. At 19 years and 93 days, Graham became the youngest race-winner in series history.
"It's so exciting to be a part of the event," said Rahal, asked to explain his St. Petersburg success. "It's just a great event. I've always really, really loved street courses. The track suits me well. And other than that, I couldn't tell you exactly. I just – I really enjoy it."
Those facts and Fisher's lackluster performance during the Indy Racing League's open test at Barber led her to make an executive decision regarding her third-year team.
"I had two tests this winter, getting ready for the road-courses, and we're doing one-offs this year," said Fisher, 29, who plans to run seven of 17 races herself in 2010. "We don't have a complete full schedule, and the first test didn't go that great. So I went back to the hotel and just thought about it. And I reached out to Rick Dreiling over at Dollar General and said, 'What do you think about this idea?' (of a hired gun), and he was very supportive of it. And so we started discussing who was available. And Graham was. So it all just worked itself out from there."
Fisher, who made her IndyCar debut in October 1999 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, also plans to field Jay Howard in five races in the No. 66 Dallara/Honda in search of her team's first victory.
"That's big-picture," said Fisher, who became the first woman to qualify on-pole for a major open-wheel event at Kentucky Speedway in 2002. "Graham says it best that we're quietly optimistic. But the whole point of what we're trying to accomplish here is really big-picture thinking with the team and where it's going. And trying to have a shot at having good results.
"And I didn't see that as being a part of the big picture when I was testing at Barber. So obviously my team is a whole lot more important to me than my ego, and Graham's going to do a better job than I would have at the wheel for those two particular events. So there's a hope that he comes away with what we're going to be proud of no matter what. And it would be really great to rewrite the books. I think Dollar General would be really happy about that."
Rahal, who racked up five top-five results including podiums at Richmond International Raceway and Twin Ring Motegi last year, is eager to impress his boss.
"I think a lot of the credit has to be given to Sarah, for the way that she's thought about this," said Rahal, who finished a career-best seventh in points last year. "And no matter what, no matter where I end up in the future, the way that the team has approached this situation, myself in particular, I think they deserve a lot of credit. We'll certainly try to do what we can to help Sarah and help Dollar General and the program as they move forward, and who knows what can happen in the future.
"As I said, I think this is a starting point, but I'd love to see where things go. And hopefully we can go out there and open some eyes and ears over the next couple of weeks, the next couple of races. I think we've got a great opportunity to do so."
As a second-generation driver, Rahal has been marketed as the "next big thing" in an open-wheel series lacking in American talent – and by association – fan and advertising appeal. But whatever the surname, a driver without a ride is just another unemployment statistic.
"The way that everything had developed – unfolded throughout the offseason – it looked as if we would be on the outside looking in, which was very frustrating for me," said Rahal, a native and resident of New Albany, Ohio. "But, yeah, I mean, things did not look good. And when Sarah, when I first talked to the team, it gave me a lot to be optimistic about. Because I know we're only signed for St. Pete and Barber, but who knows what's to come.
"All I knew was it was a great opportunity to go out there. But certainly when the music did stop, there were a lot of seats I thought I was going to have on a fulltime basis. And then last minute someone else jumped in. Last minute, something else happened where the sponsor disappeared or this or that. So, yes, it was a frustrating offseason, simply because we felt like we were so close to so many things.
"And for the first four months of the offseason, I thought that I had a done deal at Newman/Haas. So the way things unfolded, looked like it was going to be a very tough year for us. But now, you know, I think everybody's put their heads down. Really my manager and myself and obviously we've been in touch with various teams. So everybody's working really hard."
Despite those struggles, Rahal said he has not detected a bias against American drivers in a series that, ironically, was launched to give red-blooded Americans a solid shot at competing in big-time open-wheel racing – topped by the Indianapolis 500.
"Really, only in the past month-and-a-half is when we really started to search hard for sponsorship, because, like I said, before that we thought we had a done deal," Rahal said. "But I would tell you we have created a lot of interest in IndyCar racing. I think it's pretty impressive. I saw the TV ratings for the opening race of the year, and we're up 40 percent over last year.
"I feel like IndyCar…I don't talk to anybody that says, 'No, there's zero interest, you guys aren't a good series' (or) anything like that. But the mindset nowadays has to be different than what it used to be. When we talk about the economy, you're just not going to go find a sponsor that is going to write you however-many-million-dollar-check just to be on a car. Doesn't work that way.
"If you look at Dollar General, the way they do it through all their associate sponsors, if you look at the target platform, very, very similar thing. Those types of models work, and those are the type of people that you have to find that can be a part of this. So it's very different. But I think that we're on the rise, I really do.
"As far as American drivers, you know, I don't know how else to say it. (But) I was talking to someone the other day down in Sebring (Fla.) at the 12-hour (American LeMans Series opener) asking them why didn't they have very many American drivers. Simply put: 'We've tested a lot of American drivers and none have been able to do the job properly.' And it's sad to say, but that's been the case. And I think that people sometimes have the approach that it should just be given to you if you have good results and stuff.
"The facts are you've got to work hard…(it's) never easy. Right now the Europeans, the Brazilian drivers, first of all, the results are there. Second of all, they have a lot of support whether it be their countries in some situations, whether it be sponsors from home, family, whatever it may be, they've had that support."
In Rahal's case, Mutoh – a native of Japan – brought sponsorship from Honda's Formula Dream Project to a storied NHLR organization that has won 107 open-wheel races, 109 poles and eight championships since 1983.
Fisher, whose Indianapolis-based team skipped the season-opener in Brazil because of budgetary considerations, plans to make her first start of the season and 77th of her career in the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway on May 1. Fisher, who made only six starts last year and three in 2008, admitted she never envisioned being a team-owner.
"And when I got here I had no idea the time commitment it takes," said Fisher, a native of Commercial Point, Ohio. "But, you know what, I'm having the most fun I think I've ever had in my career. I really enjoy that and I really enjoy being in a position that people can look up and aspire to do what we do every day.
"It is, for sure, a breakout year for us. We're very fortunate in that we're one of the few IndyCar teams that keeps growing every year. But we have great solid partners, (like) bringing Service Central/Tire Kingdom on for Jay's program and expanding that before it even hit the track to race at Kansas.
"It's just every day we take a step, my husband and I do, to grow this team. And we wake up every day thinking about what can we do today to make it better and bigger and more successful. And that's something that we see in someone like Graham. Graham wakes up every day as a race car driver and says to himself, 'What am I going to do today to make myself a better race car driver and present myself with more opportunities?'
"As a racing team, we try to have that same thought process. So we're just very lucky. It could happen to anyone, then it all goes away at any point in time. We're having fun with the opportunities that we do get to have. And I think you're going to see the whole of our team all the way down to the people who are only part-time here even at St. Pete having a great time and having a great experience with our opportunity as a whole."
Rahal, naturally, believes that solid showings during his two-race stint could lead to an extended stay at SFR. "There's a lot going on," Rahal said. "There's been a lot of stuff that's been happening over the last several weeks. We're juggling a lot of different situations. And hopefully one of them is going to fall. Because as I tell everybody, Sarah has been great in giving us this opportunity for the next two, but then we need to look beyond that. Obviously we want to be – we want to be fulltime.
"And I could tell you, as I said earlier about all the sponsors, there's a lot of interest. We have a lot of interest. It's just trying to find something that's going to come together. And Sarah can tell you as well as anybody, trying to get a lot of money out of big corporations, it takes time. It's rare that you find a situation that is one guy and you happen to hit the right guy that can hit that magic button and say 'Go' right away. It just doesn't happen."
Sunday's race will be telecast live in High Definition at 3:30 p.m. (ET) by ABC, and air live on the IMS Radio Network, XM channel 145 and Sirius channel 211. The race also will be carried on www.indycar.com.
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Former Crystal Palace midfielder John Salako believes Manchester United's latest signing, Wilfried Zaha, could be the man to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sir Alex Ferguson wrapped up a £15m deal to bring Zaha to Old Trafford from Crystal Palace, but the England international will return to Palace on loan until the end of the season.
And Salako admits that Zaha could be the man to fill the void left by Ronaldo, stating his belief that Ferguson has so far failed to replace the Real Madrid forward.
"Manchester United never really replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and I really do think Wilfried Zaha's got that kind of ability," he told Goal.com.
"If he can match half of Ronaldo's dedication, drive, focus and desire to be the best player in the world, he'll have a chance.
"Certainly working under Sir Alex (Ferguson) in that environment at Man United, he couldn't go anywhere better. I just think he's going to be an absolute star there.
"The lad's got everything. He's strong, quick and got so much ability, but he needs to learn the game - at the moment he's still quite raw."
Zaha has impressed enough this season that he earned an England call-up with an appearance against Sweden in November, and Salako feels that Zaha needs to concentrate on putting all his effort into matches.
"He's not a kid, he's 20, he's played nearly 100 games so he's going to have to really mature now and take this on board because I think he's going to have to work hard," he said.
"It's going to be about his mentality and desire and really what he wants for himself because he's going to have every opportunity going into a club like Man United.
"The lads do get carried away. They think it's all about being at a big club and wearing the tracksuit and you've made it, but you haven't.
"A lot of these kids should perhaps stay at smaller clubs and build their careers, but I'm glad that Wilfried's dreams are finally coming true and Palace get a decent fee."
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A beef bone or beef ribs in a large stock pot boil this add carrots that are cooked or grated and cook them until they are soft, don't ask me why but they like carrits a lot, add a couple tablespoons of olive oil add some roasted garlic for flavor not raw garlic, no salt please and you can add cooked hamburger crumbles if you like and boil this well I do it on the wood stove so it goes a long time, then cool it completely and then add Brewers yeast like three tablespoons and stir it up good serve this cold to both dogs and cats they lap it up like water and the olive oil helps them with their coat and with constipation my dog always has a very shiny coat so do my cats and they are extremely healthy.
I freeze this soup in the summer and feed it to my dog frozen for her popsicle it cools her off and she loves to lick it as it melts, Dogs get very hot and I had to give her a sheep watering tank since she knocked over every water bucket we ever gave her, she cannot knock over the sheep watering tank and now the littlew stinker climbs in it and splashes to cool off when it is hot in the winter when it freezes she climbs up on it and slides arund like as if she is trying to ice skate The dog used to be our sons dog but he left us the dog when he moved where he cannot have pets
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The Lake Sun, in conjunction with weekly newspapers Westside Star and Focus, have compiled candidate information for contested races in the April 8, 2014 election. Check out the links to articles to meet the candidates, read their concerns and solutions, see the issues up for a vote and more.
The Lake Sun, in conjunction with weekly newspapers Westside Star and Focus, have compiled candidate information for contested races in the April 8, 2014 election. Check out the links to the left to meet the candidates, read their concerns and solutions, see the issues up for a vote and more.
Contested races featured (via links to the left) include:
•City of Lake Ozark
Filing for Ward 1 alderman are incumbent Don Langley and Patricia (Pat) Thompson while Gerry Murawski is challenging Van Donsel for the Ward 3 alderman seat.
•City of Laurie
The mayor's position is up for election, with incumbent Herb Keck facing challenger Scott Fahrer. Bradley Davis is challenging incumbent Allen Kimberling for the Ward 2 alderman seat.
•City of Osage Beach
Three seats are contested at the city of Osage Beach (two others uncontested) – Mayor Penny Lyons, Ward 2 Alderman Michelle Myler and Ward 3 Alderman Fred Catcott. Lyons and W. W. (Bill) Stone have filed for mayor, Myler, Phyllis Marose and Bob Matula for Ward 2 and Catcott and Thomas Walker for Ward 3.
•Camdenton R-III School District Board of Education
Three seats are open, those of Selynn Barbour, John Beckett and Jackie Schulte. Barbour and Schulte have both re-filed along with challengers Courtney Hulett, Joe Ridgeway and Mindi Sales. Beckett is not seeking re-election.
•School of the Osage Board of Education
Three seats are open, those of Mary Whitman, Steven Hermann and Rod Miller. Whitman, Hermann, Michael Ruck Todd Miller have filed. Rod Miller has decided not to seek re-election.
•Mid County Fire Protection District Board
Two seats are open on the board, those of Charles McElyea and John Baremore. McElyea has re-filed along with John Page and Jeremy Rugen. Baremore is not seeking re-election. A twelve-cent levy increase issue is also on the ballot.
•Morgan County R-II School District Board of Education
On Jan. 21, the Board of Education also voted to place a tax issue on the ballot. Voters are being asked to increase the property tax levy rate by $0.15 per $100 of assessed valuation for a total rate of $2.90 per $100 of assessed valuation. The increase in operating levy will allow the district to match funds for a storm shelter grant that will double as a performing arts center. It will also help offset rising operational expenses.
•Eldon R-I School District Board of Education
Voters will have a voice on a no levy increase issue to fund a district-wide storm shelter/early childhood education building.
•City of Linn Creek
The mayoral race has two candidates, incumbent Ginny Mueller and Joyce M. Thompson.
Contested races not featured include:
•City of Eldon
Four seats are open — City Marshal, Ward 1 seat, Ward 2 seat and Ward 3 seat. Incumbent Rodney Fair has re-filed for the City Marshal position along with Kevin Virgin. No one has filed for Ward 1. Sharon Cole-Harms has filed for Ward 2. Incumbent Kim Knopf has filed for Ward 3 along with opponents Timothy Bradley and Derek Nelson.
•Climax Springs R_IV School District Board of Education:
Three seats are open for election. Incumbents Larry Gregory and Josh Wolfe have re-filed along with Carl Clark, Bonnie Danner, Brett Davis and Cindy Jungles. Incumbent Sue Bridges did not file for re-election.
•Eldon R-I School District Board of Education
Three seats open. Incumbents Chris Hart, Jill Kliethermes and Dennis Schad have all re-filed. Jim Herriman has also filed for a seat. No levy increase issue.
•Macks Creek R-V Board of Education
Four seats are open. One seat is for a two-year term and three are for a three-year term. For the two-year term, incumbent Cherie Nations has re-filed along with Stacey Green-Leach. For the three-year term, incumbents Michael Parrack and Connie Russell have re-filed along with Tieha Willis, Josh Lane, Joshua Kingston and Seth Rahmoeller.
Uncontested races:
The three seats on the Board of Aldermen were filed for by the incumbents, Gerry Rector in Ward 1, Sandy Gentry in Ward 2 and Gary Shepherd in Ward 3. William Jeffries has re-filed for the open seat on Special Road District "R."
•City of Lake Ozark
For the Ward 2 alderman position, incumbent Larry Buschjost is the lone filing.
•City of Laurie
Greg Lux is the lone filing for the Ward 1 aldermen position.
•City of Linn Creek
For seats on the City Council, all incumbents have re-filed: Rich Janes for a two-year term for Ward 1, Brian Vinson for a one-year term for Ward 1, Bill Mundhausen for a two-year term for Ward 2 and Brian Johnson for a one-year term for Ward 2.
•City of Osage Beach
Collector John Berry filed for treasurer with incumbent Kevin Rucker the lone filing for the Ward 1 alderman position.
•Village of Four Seasons:
Three seats on the Board of Trustees are open, those of incumbents Gordon Ellison, Arnold Sandbothe and Ranita Jones, who currently is filling the unexpired term of Carolyn Lonergan. All three have filed for re-election and are unchallenged.
•Village of Gravois Mills
In addition to the seats filled by incumbents Jack Feller and Bob Swengrosh, who have re-filed, the village has two other vacancies on the five-member board.
•Village of Sunrise Beach
Two spots are open on the Board of Trustees, and both incumbents, Charlie Bott and Ray Kline, have re-filed.
•Morgan County R-II School District Board of Education
Three seats are open. Incumbents Brad Chamberlain and Gay Marriott have re-filed along with Dwayne Schad.
•Camden Ambulance District Board
Two positions are open. Both Rick Bryant and Ralph Perry have re-filed.
•Lake West Ambulance District Board
Each sub-district with open spots had one candidate file — incumbent Ron Riley in sub-district one and incumbent Tom Roof in sub-district four.
•Lake Ozark Fire Protection District Board
One seat will be open, and incumbent Charlie Kempf has filed for re-election.
•Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District Board
One six-year term is up for election with one filing, incumbent Bob Smithey.
•Gravois Fire Protection District Board
One six-year term is up for election with one filing, Lee Wilson. Incumbent Leroy Hayes did not re-file.


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GROTON -- If anyone asks Becky Greco of Greco Graphics, a business she and husband James began out of their basement in 1988, who was responsible for their success, the clothing and sports apparel designer is quick to say that the government had nothing to do with it.
"We did it!" declared Becky Greco from the couple's newest location at Mill Run Plaza which they opened in 2005.
No one helped the couple take advantage of their silk screening and embroidery skills, to say nothing of artistic design sense, and turn them into a going concern that eventually outgrew their basement and forced them to open their first shop in Billerica as the new millennium began.
From the basement of their home, the business grew steadily with customers learning about it through word of mouth. With the move to the new retail location, the couple teamed up with embroiderer Richard Pigott and invested in a 12-head embroidery machine.
The Grecos were off and running and soon expanded into the designing of locally based sports apparel such as those for Billerica High School. So popular did their merchandise become that everywhere people seemed to be wearing or using their creations.
With a good track record in Billerica, the Grecos finally decided to open a second store in their own home town and seven years ago moved in to their current location at 491 Main Street in Groton.
There, the team continued to produce apparel and logoed equipment for such local sports teams as the Groton-Dunstable Crusaders and North Middlesex Patriots that have proven popular with Groton, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Townsend customers.
"We decided to locate our second store in Groton because it's a good place to do business and people here like to do business with local merchants," said Greco of the move. "Also, we saw a need for it here. There really is no place around Groton that does what we do.
"We are one of the major suppliers for apparel for the district," continued Greco. "We have things in our store that are Crusader gear but we also do custom orders for sports teams and different organizations in town. Jackets, T-shirts, sweatshirts, pants, hats, and more. We do general and non-specific items too but also gear for soccer and basketball teams. We have contracts for Lawrence Academy and Groton School gear as well."
But sports-themed product is not the only kind of apparel with which Greco Graphics concerns itself, with the encouragement of local government, the company took little time to establish itself and become a fixture in the local community.
"Business in Groton is steady and the town's government is supportive," said Greco. "We also do work for different town departments like the Fire Department and the Building Department."
The company's success however, did not happen in a vacuum. According to Greco, she and her husband had already invested many years of volunteerism in the community before ever opening their Groton store.
"My husband was a soccer coach for many years and I was on the soccer board handling equipment, fields, and uniforms," Greco said. "In addition, my husband builds the sets for the annual Florence Roche school play and was a basketball coach at one time too."
More recently, the couple has become involved with school activities most notably the junior-senior prom.
"My husband builds the sets for the pre-prom parade and I announce the couples as they come onto the stage," said Greco. "They did something similar before but when my daughter became involved, she asked us if we could help. My husband likes to build sets and stages and ended up doing a little more than what they used to have. We've been involved in the pre-prom event now for six years."
Indeed, Becky Greco is quick to extend much of the credit for Greco Graphics' success to husband James.
"I believe the secret of Greco Graphics' success is mostly due to my husband," admitted Greco. "He is very creative and does great work designing people's logos and T-shits. Also, I think our reliability is responsible too. When we say it'll be done, it gets done. And the quality! We have really good quality merchandise. If people really shop around, they'll find that we're the best around at what we do."
To find out for themselves how good Greco Graphics is, those interested can learn more either by visiting the company's website at http://www.grecographics.com or better yet, drop in to their Mill Run Plaza location which is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
As for the Grecos, at the moment they are choosing to rest on their laurels while keeping up with the ever changing fashion world.
"I think we'll probably stick with what we have," said Greco of the possibility of expanding to other locations. "The lines of items we have are always changing, depending on what the fashions are and what's popular. Right now, I think people are moving from hoodies more to crew necks again and fleece jackets seem to be coming back."


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With the Champions League getting underway this evening, now looks the perfect time to asses Europe's deadliest strikers.
Strikers are crucial to a team's European charge and once again this season the best teams will be hoping their attackers can provide them with the goals needed to mount a challenge for Europe's greatest prize.
The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been left out of this list as they are not out-and-out strikers.
So, who will be the strikers that will be most feared in this campaign? Here's five of the best.
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Aggie Men Lose In Overtime
LAS VEGAS-It took some extra time to determine the mid-major champion at the Global Sports Classic on Saturday afternoon. The North Carolina A&T men's basketball lost in overtime 54-50 to Jacksonville State at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
"I thought it was a very tough game. Both teams battled," said A&T head coach Cy Alexander. "I thought our kids learned today what it meant to be in a championship game and the level of effort that you have to give. As we move forward, we've got to draw from this. The little mistakes that we made, we've got to learn from them and not make them as we move forward into MEAC competition. We grinded in this game, we just didn't know how to finish."
For the Aggies, the difference came in allowing second shot opportunities and missing free throws. That allowed the Gamecocks to come back from behind and tie it late in the second half.
A&T made it a 45-43 game on a 3-pointer by Louisme with just over a minute remaining in regulation. With under a minute left, Tarvin Gaines missed a 3-pointer, but the Gamecocks collected the offensive rebound, and a foul by DaMetrius Upchurch brought Darion Rackley to the line with 42 seconds left. He hit both free throws to tie the game.
"They shoot a crazy shot, the ball bounces and we don't do everything humanly possible to get that ball. Hopefully we learn from that," Alexander said. "We allowed them to get a big second shot late in the game. If we get that loose ball, then now they've got to foul us. We had a five-point lead and twice they came up with second shot opportunities. If you're going to win a championship, you've got to make that effort, that play. That's the thing that I was most disappointed in."
A traveling call on the Aggies gave the ball back to the Gamecocks with 11 seconds left. JSU drove down the court, and Boggs missed a dunk as the ball bounced off the rim to send the game in to overtime.
In overtime, the Aggies tied the game at 49 on a jumper by Louisme. Rackley hit a free throw to take a 50-49 lead with 3:01 remaining. After a pair of turnovers, the Aggies rebounded the ball after Powell's 3-point attempt fell short. Boggs fouled Upchurch on his way to the basket, and Upchurch made one of two free throws to tie it at 50. A Lawrence Smith foul led to two made free throws by Brian Williams that gave Jacksonville State a 52-50 lead with 49 seconds remaining.
Aggies guard Lamont Middleton tried to tie the game once more, but Nick Cook slammed the ball out of Middleton's hands as he reached up to take a shot. Williams collected the final two points of the game, after making it back to the line on a Louisme foul. The Aggies missed both of their final shots as time expired.
"What I told our young men to do was to let this hurt all the way to Greensboro. Once we get to Greensboro, it's got to be done. We've got to start preparing for UNC Greensboro. This is a big week for us coming up, big inter-city rival, and first conference game," Alexander said.
The Aggies will take on cross-town rivals UNC Greensboro on Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum at 7 p.m., before hosting archrival N.C. Central on Saturday at 4 p.m.


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Saints Report: Adrian McPherson, Tickets, Chatman, Etc.
Saints Report: Adrian McPherson
Web Posted: 10/12/2005 12:00 AM CDT
San Antonio Express-News
Saints trade for Chatman: Wasting little time in addressing their sudden need for help at running back, the Saints acquired Jesse Chatman from the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday.
The trade, which brought Chatman in exchange for a conditional late-round draft pick, came one day after an MRI revealed a tear in Deuce McAllister's right anterior cruciate ligament. McAllister, the team's top tailback, is expected to miss the rest of the season.
Chatman, a 5-foot-8, 245-pound 26-year-old, played his first three seasons in San Diego before being released by the Chargers and signed by the Dolphins during the summer. His best season was in 2004, when he ran for 392 yards and three touchdowns as LaDainian Tomlinson's primary backup.
Chatman will join Antowain Smith and Aaron Stecker in the Saints' tailback rotation. New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis, who fielded offers from several teams after news of McAllister's injury broke, said he felt Chatman was the best option available.
"We looked at every player out there," Loomis said. "We're happy with Antowain Smith and Aaron Stecker, but we needed to add someone to the mix."
Who needs Vick? The Saints said they won't approach Sunday's Atlanta game any differently if Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who missed last week's game against New England with a knee sprain, isn't able to play at the Alamodome.
Falcons backup Matt Schaub passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns in a loss to the Patriots.
"With or without Vick, Atlanta's Atlanta," Saints defensive back Fred Thomas said. "They proved it (Sunday). It's not Michael Vick that we have to beat. It's the Atlanta Falcons."
Schaub, like Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks, is a Virginia alumnus, and Brooks said he was happy to see his fellow Cavalier succeed.
"That's great for Matt," Brooks said. "He's always been able to grasp offenses. It's no surprise."
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As of Tuesday, unsold tickets for Sunday's game totaled more than 1,700. They range from $30 to $125 and are available at:
Alamodome box office: Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
From the Saints: (210) 208-9520 or neworleanssaints.com
From Ticketmaster: (800) 877-0898 or ticketmaster.com
Info: VIA Metropolitan Transit will operate special event Park & Ride service to the Saints' remaining two Alamodome games  Sunday vs. Atlanta and Dec. 24 vs. Detroit.
The service will be offered from the Crossroads, Randolph Boulevard, Blossom Athletic Center and South San Stadium locations. It begins two hours before kickoff, and return buses run for 90 minutes after the game.
Cost: Roundtrip fare is $5 for adults. A discount fare of $2.50 is available for children ages 5-11, senior citizens 62 and older with a photo I.D., Medicare recipients, persons with disabilities, and students with a valid VIA I.D. VIAtrans customers and their companion and children 4 and under ride free.
Phone: (210) 362-2020.
Meet the Saints: Adrian McPherson
Number: 5
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6-3
Weight: 218
Age: 22
Born: May 8, 1983
College: Florida State
NFL experience: Rookie
How he joined the team: Fifth-round pick (152nd overall) in 2005 NFL Draft
Inside the huddle: Third-string quarterback behind Aaron Brooks and Todd Bouman ... 17th quarterback drafted by Saints since 1967 ... Former Florida State standout played with Indiana Firebirds of Arena Football League in 2004 and was named the league's Rookie of the Year ... Completed 59.4 percent of passes (209 of 352) for 2,965 yards and six touchdowns with Firebirds.
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Utley is leading the National League in votes for the All-Star Game.
Utley is looking likely to suit up as a starter for the National League All-Star Squad at the 79th Midsummer Classic. The Phillies superstar with the special left-handed stroke was the leader among National League second basemen when the early voting results were released Wednesday.
With 537,788 votes, Utley is more than 350,000 votes ahead of Houston's Kazuo Matsui, who is in second place. The votes are well-deserved, as Utley has been one of the most dangerous hitters in the NL this season.
"He does everything for us," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "He's one of the big keys to our team. He helps us in a lot of ways."
Utley started in the 2007 All-Star Game, going 0-for-2 in San Francisco, and played in the 2006 contest, going 1-for-2 at PNC Park.
The 79th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, being held at Yankee Stadium in its final season, will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD, and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage. XM will provide satellite radio play-by-play coverage of the XM All-Star Futures Game.
The Midsummer Classic will be the fourth held at Yankee Stadium and the eighth in New York City. The Yankees previously hosted the All-Star Game in 1939, 1960 and 1977; the Polo Grounds held the game in 1934 and 1942; Ebbets Field was the site in 1949; and Shea Stadium hosted the 1964 tilt.
Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times with the Monster 2008 All-Star Game Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 club sites until Wednesday, July 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Starting rosters will be announced during the 2008 All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevrolet on TBS on July 6. Baseball fans around the world will then be able to select the final player on each team via the Monster 2008 All-Star Final Vote at MLB.com.
The voting doesn't end there. Fans will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet at the All-Star Game via the Monster 2008 All-Star Game MVP vote at MLB.com.
Other Phillies could join Utley. Ryan Howard, who has gotten hot after batting .163 in his first 35 games, ranks fifth in the voting among first basemen. Reigning NL Most Valuable Player Jimmy Rollins ranks fifth among shortstops, and Pat Burrell ranks sixth among outfielders.
(H/T Phillies.com)
Chase is the leading vote getter? Never thought I would ever hear that a Phillies' regular would actually be the National League in votes leader for the All-Star Game. Hey, Chase, take a vow, you deserve it, man. Now, if we can just get a teammate or two of yours into the starting line-up.


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So i have a question for you knife makers.
When i went to Japan i got something very special in gift from my vendor.
It is very rare piece of steel only 1 blacksmith in japan that can forge it or working with it.
It is completely depleted now and i got the last piece of it, it is more rare then Tamahagene and more pricy.
It called "Togo-Reigou Steel"
here are bit info about it http://www.japan-tool.com/tech_knlg/...ama_Kunio.html
So are anyone familiar with it ?


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Apple HealthKit - Epic Integration at Ochsner Health System - David Harlow Interviews Dr. Richard Milani
The first health system to announce that it had integrated HealthKit into its Epic EHR is Ochsner Health System in Louisiana. It is a 12-hospital, 40-clinic operation with over 900 physicians. I spoke recently with Dr. Richard Milani, Ochsner's Chief Clinical Transformation Officer. He was enthusiastic about the improvements in clinical outcomes realized to date through homegrown integrations of things like Withings scales, and sees significant expanded potential using the Epic-HealthKit integration including dissemination of data to clinicians for more efficient and effective management of care and presentation of data to patients in a way that may motivate behavior change to improve health status.
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Submission + - Anti-US hacker takes credit for worm (idg.com.au)
angry tapir writes: Credit for the "Here You Have" worm (recently discussed on Slashdot), has been taken by a hacker known as "Iraq Resistance" who says the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool. He said he had not expected the worm to spread as broadly as it had, and noted that he could have done much more damage to victims. "I could smash all those infected but I wouldn't," said the hacker. "I hope all people understand that I am not negative person!" In other parts of the message, he was critical of the U.S. war in Iraq. For a brief period early the worm accounted for about 10 percent of the spam on the Internet.


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Paul and McCartney and Me - A lot of people love the Beatles, but how many have ever performed as one? Or ever recorded at Abbey Road Studios? Or toured with the cast of Beatlemania. Perhaps the only person in the world who has done it all, is John Babcock! It's a love affair that began at age five when he was one of the millions who first saw the Fab Four on the Ed Sullivan Show. Six Bullets to the Chest - James O'Connor was not standing at the proverbial crossroads. He was lying there. On a gurney. With six bullets in his chest. On what could have been his deathbed, James was overcome with a single thought, "We're born to be alive, so we should live." And so he did. The Boomer Fountain of Youth - Remember when Biketoberfest was for the young and wild? It's still pretty wild, but the average age will surprise you. More than 200,000 make the annual ride to Daytona Beach, Florida. They come to see the bikes, but often discover the bikers are far more interesting! Wearing a Dream for All to See - Her life was fine the way it was, except for one thing -- she had long dreamed of doing something else. So, Diane Shelton gathered up the courage and took a huge chance, never realizing that by creating a whole new cultural clothing business she'd also be creating a new passion for life!
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It's enough to make even the most hard-core skiers and snowboarders turn to thoughts of a sunny beach.
But not to the cocktails associated with tropical climates.
No, when Jack Frost is nipping at a lot more than your nose, you find yourself dreaming of an adult beverage that can stoke the internal furnace. Your thoughts turn to cask-aged beverages in sundry shades of deep, dark hues.
There was once a classic exchange on the old "Mary Tyler Moore" television show. Lou Grant, Mary Richards' put-upon boss, shows up at her doorway, looking defeated after another day of anchorman Ted Baxter's idiocy.
"Would you like a drink, Mr. Grant?" Mary asks.
"Absolutely," he replies.
"What would you like?"
"I don't care, as long as it's brown."
In the coldest of days, we absolutely get the sentiment.
So we've compiled a list of cocktails to warm body and soul when the mercury heads south of 32 degrees, drawing on the knowledge of some folks who know a thing or two about serving up cocktails to frosty patrons: the bartenders of Denver, Colorado.
Some of these ingredients are esoteric — hard to find and a bit expensive to boot. So feel free to improvise.
Prado 86
Adam Hodak oversees the bar programs at two Denver hotspots: Green Russell and the newly-opened Vesper Lounge. Hodak is one of the leaders on the Mile High craft cocktail scene. The Prado 86 is served at Green Russell, while the Spiced Tippler is a star at Vesper.Tools you'll need: cocktail shaker, saucepan, strainer
- 1/2 ounce black pepper syrup (see recipe below)
- 1-1/2 ounces Sombra Mezcal
- 1 ounce Leopold's American Orange Liquor
- 1 ounce fresh-pressed pineapple juice
- 3/4 ounce fresh blood-orange juice
- Garnish: Allspice dram liqueur, orange peel
To make the syrup, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns, ¾ teaspoon ground pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain pepper out with cheesecloth or a fine sieve. This makes much more than you'll need, so keep the extra in the fridge.
Shake all ingredients and strain over ice in a tall glass. Add 1/4 ounce of allspice dram liqueur as a float and garnish with an orange peel.
Spiced Tippler
Tools you'll need: Transportation to and from Vesper, since this drink is a bit complicated for the home-drinks mixer.
- 1-1/2 ounces Wild Turkey 81 rye
- 3/4 ounce Punt E Mes sweet vermouth
- 1/2 ounce Barenjager honey liqueur
- 2 dashes allspice dram
- 2 dashes orange bitters, preferably oak-aged
Mix all ingredients and pour under nitrogen gas at 7 p.s.i. over ice with a lemon peel garnish and cinnamon stick.
The Bitter End
Dark Jamaican rum gives the Bitter End its trademark inkiness. It was concocted by bartender Alex Warner for Steuben's, a popular comfort-food emporium in Denver's Uptown neighborhood that puts a premium on top-shelf cocktails. The Bitter End cocktail is dark as a winter night and is a glassful of comfort.
Tools you'll need: Spoon, strainer, paring knife, jigger.
- 1 ounce Appleton 12-year-old Jamaican rum
- 1 ounce Ramazzotti Amaro
- 1 ounce Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Birds and Bees bitters by Dram Apothecary
- Lemon peel for garnish
Stir all in a glass with ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel.
Devil's Cider
Nick Tarsi is the bar manager at Kachina Southwestern Grill in the Westminster Westin hotel. This is the time of year when he begins mulling the possibilities of mulled cider.
"I have played with the mulling spices before and I really like the depth they provide to cocktails," Tarsi says. "The drink starts out with the spice and then the orange and apple flavors kick in and it has a nice round palate presence."
Tools you'll need: Medium-sized pot, stove, spoon, strainer.
- 4 ounces mulled cider (recipe below)
- 1 ounce Chamucos Reposado tequila
- 1 ounce Leopold's American Orange Liqueur
- Star anise and orange zest for garnish
To make a mulled cider: Stir together a mulling mix of equal parts allspice, cloves, cinnamon, star anise and nutmeg in a half-gallon of water. Bring to a boil, cool and repeat about four times or until the flavor is quite noticeable. Strain.
To make the cocktail, stir together ingredients in a large brandy snifter, with a star anise and an orange zest.
Oaxacan Winter
If the shivering season finds you longing for warmer climes, you can at least dream of a beach in Cozumel with the Oaxacan Winter, a drink created by Bryan Dayton, bar manager and co-owner of Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder, Colo. This cocktail features the mellowness of mezcal and agave nectar with the slightly astringent note of the mole bitters.
Tools you'll need: Measuring spoons, paring knife.
- 1-1/2 ounces Sombra mezcal
- 1/4 ounce St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
- 1/4 ounce agave nectar
- Dash of Bittertruth Xocolatl Mole bitters
- Orange peel for garnish
Combine ingredients and stir over ice in a tumbler. Garnish with a slice of orange peel.
Yuzu Toddy
This recipe comes courtesy of the folks at Maker's Mark, the bourbon manufacturer. It calls for yuzu, a type of citrus common in parts of Asia, particularly Japan. It's a bit hard to track down — your best bet is looking for it in an Asian market. (For the record, Friday is National Hot Toddy Day. Who knew?)
Tools you'll need: Mixing glass or cocktail shaker, saucepot, stove, measuring spoons, paring knife.
- 1 part Maker's Mark bourbon
- 2 heaping bar spoons of yuzu honey, recipe below
- 3/4 part Laird's Applejack brandy
- 1/2 part yuzu juice
- 5 parts hot water
Combine all ingredients and serve hot.
Yuzu Honey
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup yuzu rind
- 10 tablespoons sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons pectin
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons yuzu juice
Add water to yuzu rind and bring to a simmer. Mix the sugar and pectin together. Stir into the water and yuzu, pouring in a thin, steady stream while stirring. Bring to a boil. Add the honey and stir until the mixture is thick.
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WITH just one sentence, new Bendigo Bank Braves import Jazz Ferguson yesterday signalled his intentions for the 2013 SEABL season.
"I can't wait to fill this place."
Ferguson, who arrived in Bendigo alongside new team-mate and Braves favourite Ivan McFarlin, wasted little time in setting the bar high for personal and team goals.
"I love playing in big games,'' the point guard said.
"One of the reasons why I signed with the Braves is that Bendigo is one of the most respected teams in the SEABL and the fans get behind the team so well.
"I feed off the crowd and I'm looking forward to having some fun out on the court.
"I think we have a great team this year and we have the chance to win the title."
Ferguson led the Albury-Wodonga Bandits to the SEABL national title last year, averaging 23.4 points, 5.4 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 31 games.
The 23-year-old surprised the Bandits when he quit the club to sign with Bendigo.
"Albury was a great place to play... but I just felt coming to Bendigo gave me a better chance to take my game to another level,'' he said.
While Ferguson is chasing a second-straight SEABL national title, McFarlin has his sights set on his first.
The centre dominated the SEABL in his two seasons with the club in 2010 and 2011 winning a swag of individual awards.
The Braves won back-to-back east conference championships in 2010-11, but lost both national grand finals.
"I really enjoyed my time in Bendigo, but I haven't experienced winning that final title game,'' McFarlin said yesterday.
"It's great to win the conference titles and the individual awards, but that last game is what it's all about.
"This year it looks like we have the nucleus of a really good team, so that title is what we want."
McFarlin, 30, said as much as he enjoyed his two years in Bendigo, he did come close to rejecting the Braves offer.
"It was a hard decision to leave my wife and three young kids'' McFarlin said.
"It makes it hard on my wife to raise the kids, but we're lucky enough to have plenty of family and friends to help us.
"Hopefully, they'll be able to come out at the end of the season."
Braves coach Ben Harvey has the luxury of having his imports available for a month leading into the season-opener against Knox on March 15.
"I'm really looking forward to getting the guys together,'' Harvey said. "Ivan will fit straight back in and Jazz will connect with the group quickly.
"One of the main reasons we signed Jazz is his great leadership qualities.
"His combination with Kevin Probert gives us one of the best backcourts in the league.
"Ivan and Tommy (Garlepp) should complement each other in the frontcourt as well.
"On paper we have a very good side, but we still have to gel and we have a lot of hard work to do."
The Braves' pre-season schedule includes back-to-back home games against Sandringham on March 3 and the AIS on March 4.


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Bowling Pro Pete Weber Has the Greatest Victory Shout Ever
When an athlete breaks a world record it isn't rare to see them get a bit excited. It is rare to see them curse the audience with an incoherent victory speech on live television. Pete Weber decided to change all of that during this year's professional bowling US open.
You probably missed it because professional bowling is slightly less popular than the WNBA, but a major achievement was accomplished during this year's US Open. Pete Weber defeated three opponents to capture his 5th US Open, beating a record held by his late father and legendary bowler, Dick Weber and Don Carter.
Sure, Pete could've handled his major victory with a little more grace, but it must be difficult to keep your composure in such a high pressure situation. This would be particularly difficult with a persistent heckler in the crowd. Still, many athletes from other sports have to deal with crazy hecklers all the time so that hardly seems like a good excuse.
If it had been a sport that had more viewers, a celebration like this could've ended in massive fines and some sort of public apology. But since it's bowling, they let Pete's slightly profane exuberance slide. It's kind of like the old proverb, if a tree shouts obscenities in the woods and no one is there to see it, did it really make a sound?
He did go on to show some substantially less-hilarious piety during an interview when he said,
This is my greatest title ever," he said. "To win five U.S. Opens and pass Dick Weber and Don Carter says a lot, but I'll never say I'm better than them. They paved the way for us to be here. It was an honor and a privilege to join them when I won my fourth U.S. Open, and it's even more of an honor to be the first one to win five."
Unfortunately, the internet will not remember Pete Weber for his humble side.


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News Summary: Housing spurs metals, oil
- Article by: The Associated Press
- Associated Press
- January 29, 2013 - 5:34 PM
HOUSING FLOATS: The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller report Tuesday said that home prices in its 20-city index jumped in November.
METALS RISE: That pushed up prices for metals like copper, palladium and platinum. Traders tend to push those prices higher when they think manufacturing and other industry will increase.
CROPS DRIFT: Key agricultural commodities moved only slightly, and in varying directions. Wheat was slightly down, soybeans slightly up, corn virtually flat.
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HARRISBURG - A dimmer outlook for state tax revenue collections is setting the stage for difficult budget choices for human service programs for the fifth year in a row.
The state Independent Fiscal Office forecasts that the projected tax revenue growth that Gov. Tom Corbett built into his 2013-14 budget proposal in February will disappear due to weak consumer spending and a corresponding drop in state sales tax revenue.
Corbett has proposed several initiatives for individuals with disabilities. Two proposals involve paring down long-standing waiting lists of individuals with disabilities seeking community support services and living placements for a second year in a row and expanding a block grant program for human service programs currently being tried out in 20 counties including Luzerne and Wayne. Two of the major programs in the block grants are community services for mental health and for mental disabilities.
The governor is seeking nearly $20 million to provide so-called community waiver services for an additional 1,080 people with mental disabilities.
He wants to enable as many counties as desire to participate in the block grant program while keeping state funding at current levels.
Rep. Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bensalem, is putting a spotlight on how belt-tightening has affected individuals and families receiving services through the community waivers and human services programs.
He chairs the House Human Services Committee, which held a hearing featuring personal testimony last week about the waiting lists. A hearing on the human service programs is planned this week.
The committee hearings come as the House majority Republican caucus plans to unveil a starting-point state budget bill that will reflect the changed revenue outlook. The bill introduction is needed to meet sunshine timetables for the adoption of a new state budget by the June 30 deadline, said Stephen Miskin, spokesman for House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Pittsburgh. Action on the bill isn't expected until next month.
DiGirolamo wants to restore an $84 million cut in state aid made last year to the county-run human services programs in the next budget. That cut accompanying the start of the block grant has resulted in waiting lists for services under mental health and drug and alcohol treatment programs, he said.
DiGirolamo predicted the proposed $20 million in additional funding for community waiver services will survive the budget process since the governor had made a commitment to it.
The extra waiver funding in the current state budget has resulted so far in a drop of 800 people from a waiting list that currently numbers 15,000, testified Fred Lokuta, a deputy secretary in the state Department of Public Welfare. A total of 27,000 are served by the community waiver program in Pennsylvania.
Advocates say the state needs to do more to help individuals on waiting lists who live with aging parents and shorten delays in providing services after individuals have been enrolled in the waiver program.
The $20 million in proposed funding to meet the needs of more than 1,000 people on waiting lists is a step in the right direction, but it will still cover only a fraction of individuals in the emergency need category, testified Lisa Tesler, policy coordinator of the Pennsylvania Waiting List Campaign.
"With 4,154 in emergency need, and another 6,853 individuals in critical - meaning they need services within two years - we need a big solution to a big problem," Tesler added.
Robert Swift is Harrisburg bureau chief for Times-Shamrock Communications newspapers. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Allen gave Wales the dream start in their Cup final against Fiji in the sixth round of the world series in Hong Kong. The first of two tries for Allen in the final, he collected the ball just outside his own try line and with centimetres to play with, showed great composure in front of 40,000 fans, carving his way past the Fijian defence to score under the posts.
Webber, who began the season with Ystrad Rhondda in the SWALEC Leagues, demonstrated his wonderful skills and pace to great effect in his try against Kenya at the end of day one of round seven in Japan. He performed two mercurial sidesteps to break his way through the Kenya defence leaving the sweeper with no chance.
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the problem is "You are told that the percentage of the viewable moon surface that is illuminated in the year 2013 is modeled by a trigonometric function. Let d represent the days since January 1, 2013. When d = 0, 100% of the viewable moon surface is illuminated. When d = 14.76 we have that 0% of the viewable moon surface is illuminated. When 0% is illuminated this is called a new moon."
"(a) Find a sine function V(d) to model this situation, where V is the percentage of the surface that is illuminated and d is the number of days since January 1,2013. Clearly show how you find the period, amplitude, horizontal shift, and midline of your function."
I know the basic y=Asin(Bx+C)+D where A is amplitude, B is period, C is horizontal shift and D is vertical shift, but i dont know what to plug in where :/


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Joanne starts her class with a challenge, presenting her French student Pascal three variations on the classic French sauce aioli. Then they are both swept off their feet by Joanne's twist on the classic combination of chicken and salad. Recipes: Aioli and Variations, "Oven-Fried" Chicken Legs, and Butter Lettuce and Avocado with Lime Vinaigrette. Student: Pascal Molat, Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet.
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By Julie Montanaro
A Tallahassee man is now serving two life sentences for knifepoint rapes.
Jake Butler stood trial Tuesday for breaking into a Killearn Acres home and sexually assaulting a 17 year old girl.
A jury deliberated for about an hour Tuesday evening before finding Butler guilty on all counts. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Baker is already serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting another woman in a Killearn apartment complex a few weeks later.
By Julie Montanaro
September 17, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - A Tallahassee man accused of two rapes in Killearn is on trial for a second time.
Jake Butler has already been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for attacking a woman at the Cypress Point Apartments in 2010.
Now he is on trial for breaking into a home in Killearn Acres and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl just weeks earlier.
The young woman testified she was a high school senior at the time and had just come home from church.
The young woman testified she was home alone that night in April 2010. She testified she was on her computer in her room when a man in a stocking mask threatened her with a knife and sexually assaulted her.
She says she never saw his face and could not identify him in court Tuesday.
Prosecutors say they have DNA to prove that Butler is the man who assaulted her.


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Helping Haiti Heal Gift Draw Tonight at 7:30pm EST
Mar 09, 2010
Tonight, at 7:30pm EST, the recipients of the hundreds of thank you gifts for donating to Helping Haiti Heal will be drawn on the SayAHA LiveStream channel. The gift recipiants will be chosen randomly for each of the over one hundred different gifts donated as part of Helping Haiti Heal. Those gifts include the signed UK set of seven signed Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, along with a handwritten card from the author; a signed guitar from Harry Potter actor Tom Felton's personal collection; Harry Potter book signed by the Harry Potter cast courtesy of actress Evanna Lynch; signed books from authors Sir Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, John Green, and Maureen Johnson; and so much more.
As readers will recall, Helping Haiti heal raised a grand total of $123,754.41 for Partners in Health, and has now made it possible for three cargo planes named Harry, Ron, and Hermione filled with literal tons of relief supplies to be flown to Haiti.
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Published on Mar 6, 2013
Innovative thinker John Seely Brown, known for his ideas for merging digital culture and education, shares lessons educators can learn from surfers, gamers, and artists on how passion and competitive hunger can drive intrinsic motivation.
Such an inspiration and a very insightful man. We have been stuck in a 'Teacher says so' learning environment for generations and a shift is occuring whereby students are embracing change and using technolgy in a constructivist manner to further their own education, students are embracing change much more readily than teachers who still seem reluctant.


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- Mark Glaze: Gun murders, mass shootings force Washington to rethink gun policy
- Glaze: Americans want background checks and no military-style assault weapons
- U.S. has more guns than any other nation and towering gun murder rate, he says
- Glaze: Mainstream gun owners, 74% of NRA members want background checks
The daily toll of gun murders, and the increasing frequency and scale of mass shootings, have finally forced Washington to rethink gun policy.
Predictably, emotions are running high on TV talk shows and congressional panels. So it's a good time to remind ourselves that Americans -- including gun owners -- actually agree about what to do now, and have for a very long time.
From requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales to getting military-style assault weapons off our streets, Americans understand that it's entirely possible to respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and do much more to keep people safe. The nation may be politically divided, but on guns there has long been a broad and enduring consensus.
The only people who seem to disagree are the National Rifle Association's Washington lobbyists. What was once a modest gun rights and gun safety organization is long gone. Today, as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said, it is principally a marketing organization, and its flagship product is fear.
This sad development was on full display during Wednesday's Senate hearing on gun violence, where NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre claimed that background checks for gun buyers -- a two-minute process that most gun buyers are happy to undergo -- will become "a universal federal nightmare imposed upon law-abiding people all over the country."
As an alternative, LaPierre has suggested that the answer to guns is more guns -- in the hands of almost anyone, in almost every place in America: every classroom, every daycare center, every movie theater, every shopping mall, every place of worship.
If more guns in more places is the NRA's proposal, we've run a pretty good pilot project -- and the results aren't good. The U.S. already has more firearms per capita than any other nation, making it the most heavily armed civilian population in the world. We have a gun murder rate that is about 15 times higher than other populous, high-income countries. This correlation has lost the power to surprise -- except perhaps for LaPierre, who believes "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
If only it were that simple. This isn't just about good guys and bad guys. Very often, the good guys get shot by bad guys with guns. This is about smart policies and dangerous ones.
Gun owners know this, too. Those like my dad, a former firearms dealer in Colorado, are mainstream Americans with mainstream views on guns. That's why 74% of NRA members and 87% of non-NRA gun owners believe all gun buyers should get a criminal background check. A CBS/New York Times poll released on January 17 found 93% of those living in households with gun owners and 85% in households with NRA members support background checks.
They believe we have the right to bear arms, and they believe with rights come responsibilities. An instant background check is not too high a price to pay, when we know the current system -- even with big loopholes -- has saved many lives.
We have the right to go to the movies without being gunned down in our seats. We have the right to pray in our houses of worship without being victimized by a mentally unstable young man and his assault weapon. More than anything, we have the right to send our kids to school in the morning with the guarantee that they'll return home in the afternoon.
Until lawmakers stand up to the gun lobby and stand up for the people they represent, the death toll will only continue to rise -- 33 people murdered with guns, every day, everywhere, in the world's indispensable nation.
When they do, they'll have major police organizations, survivors of gun violence, faith leaders, domestic violence opponents, many millions of parents, and more than 850 Mayors Against Illegal Guns standing with them.
If it's electoral retribution they're worried about, they should look at the last election. After investing more millions than ever to defeat President Barack Obama and elect pro-gun politicians, the NRA had one of the worst success rates of all political groups: a 0.83% return on a massive investment of its members' hard-earned money.
We can pass commonsense gun laws that will save many lives. The American people are demanding it, the president is demanding it, the families of the dead are demanding it.
It's time for our leaders to buck the NRA's Washington lobbyists. It's not as hard as they think.
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Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
DeKalb County
Gregory P. Vole, 58, of the 900 block of East State Street, Sycamore, was charged Friday, Oct. 11, with domestic battery.
Laquanda D. Hernet, 34, of the 1100 block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was charged Friday, Oct. 11, with driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license.
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John Gayden, 26, of South Holland, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 10, on a warrant for failure to appear on a trespassing charge.


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DAVIS: Amazed by our younger generation
If you haven't taken the time over the past week or two to stop and smell the roses, count your many blessings or any other cliché related to being thankful, you might need to check your pulse. For the first time ever in all my years in Saline County, I was actually afraid a tornado might hit us. Believe you me, I had no need to check for a pulse. I could feel it from head to toe.
During times such as we have experienced lately, our community responds almost immediately. Neighbors help neighbors. Churches band together and open their doors to shelter those whose homes have been destroyed. Tragedy and destruction seem to bring out the best in us. Some might say that it is sad to think we only put aside our differences and help others when we absolutely have to do so. On the other hand, perhaps we are more helpful than we realize. Perhaps. Let's look for evidence.
First and foremost, it is easy to see our city, county, state and nation will be in good hands in the future. I am continually reminded each day of what our young people are doing for us all. They serve in an all-voluntary armed service. They fight battles halfway around the world against enemies that hide among others in plain sight and blow themselves up, taking innocent people with them. But most of all, they go there because of a desire and a strong sense of protection for the values they hold dear.
Wherever they are, whatever they are doing, we all need to recognize them for their bravery, regardless of our opinion or political leanings about the reason they are there in the first place. Bravery is bravery. When we thank our troops, we must make sure to thank their families as well. Many families in our community deal with a loved one in service every day. We must recognize their sacrifice.
The good people in our police departments and fire departments do what most of us can't or won't. They put their lives on the line each day they walk out of the house to protect and serve all of us here. They find the criminals and put them in jail. They put out the fires that threaten our homes. They rescue us when we are trapped. They do all this for us because it is their calling. Not just those who work for a particular municipality, but also those who volunteer. From dispatcher all the way up to chief, we thank you.
Even more hopeful to me is seeing what our school-age children are doing in the community. Students from every town are getting involved in projects and causes too many to mention without leaving ones out for lack of not knowing exactly all of them out there. But therein lies the good news: There are too many to count.
And what does this say about our future? To take a line from a Bobby McFerrin song, "Don't worry, be happy!"
Additional studies have been done regarding the fact that we have four generations in the workforce at this point in our history. Each generation has identifiable characteristics ranging from the need for structure and instructions to the need to be seen as part of a group. What I found amazing — and through personal observation to be factual — is that the current generation in our schools has less interest in financial gain or status and more ambition to "make things better." While they see their elders as happy and successful, they view the route to the same destination as a different path. They do not measure success as being richer than their parents; they see happiness derived from "doing the right thing" and if they are wealthy along the way, so be it.
I ask you this simple question. Is there anything wrong with that? For me, I say not a darn thing. And I should also say thank you to these younger generations for helping right the ship. You have my full support and faith.
Carry on.
Brent Davis is a lifelong resident of Benton and Saline County. The Courier has been part of his life for as long as he can remember. He is a graduate of Benton High School. His column appears twice a week: on Fridays on Page 3 of The Saline Courier and on www.bentoncourier.com, and on the Opinion Page in Sunday's edition of The Saline Courier.


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1. Sanchez will have a 2:1 TD to Int ratio and will complete over 60% of his passes
2. Jets will open 4-4 and finish the season 10-6
3. Coples will put up double digit sacks.
As for the TEs, lets break it down....
We obviously play Gronk and Hernandez twice. Also face Vernon Davis once and Gates once.
Other then that the best TEs we will face are Jared Cook and Owen Daniels...one of who is talented and inconsistent and the other who struggled coming off an injury.
So which TEs are going to give us trouble now in the other 10 games (and thats me including cook and daniels as guys we will "struggle" covering).
Scott Chandler? Lance Hendricks? Jeff King? Mercedes Lewis? Fasano?
Our team struggles against Gronk and Hernandez just like the entire rest of the NFL. Will we be better now that we added more speed to the safety position, yes. Will we hopefully be able to play more 4 man fronts and drop more guys vs NE, yes.
Nothing like agreeing with a Raiders fans point of view, which is just a regurgitation of what media members that dont actually watch our games or look at the schedule say.
Your talking about your run defense(something I never talk about )
JMO Landry will be effective against the Rb when it close to Line of scrimmage in coverage. Screen and swing passes. Teams will just take their patterns a little deeper with the rb and he will be exposed.
If the Te's dont get you you than look for the Rbs as receiving threats to . There is no need to get angry because you don't agree with me. Time will tell if the statement I made is true or false. JMO
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I only mentioned run defense with bryan thomas coming back. Mentioning coples and ellis, as well as increased speed from harris and bart dealt specifically with defending the screen as those guys can either get penetration/chase down the play as quicker Dlineman or that bart and harris should be a split second faster in getting to the ball.
In no way do I think that bart is good in coverage down the field vs a RB, so that could be a continued problem area, but I think the addition of speed and tackling to the safety group will help out in that area as well.
Jets will throttle Bills in week 1 leading to massive fan base predictions of Super Bowl and best team ever.
Will play lights out for rest of season until December when they go winless and back out of playoff contention epically.
Oh. And Holmes will act up again. Possibly demand trade.
Hey. If you never expect anything good from this team then it's harder to be disappointed.
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1. Jets will have top 5 defense/bottom 5 in offense.
2. We will finish under 500 (7-9)
3. Rex will keep his job
1. Maybin reverts to being Maybin--the one nobody wanted.
2. Couples gets no more then six sacks, has issues with coaching staff about playing hard.
3. After the first one or two games--Rex will anoint a player, who he hasn't anointed yet, as the best player at his position in the league.
2. Tebow will be more productive in the Wildcat/RB Role than his critics at JI predict he will be. 500 Yards rushing and 8 TD's in total, minimum.
3. The Jets will host at least one playoff game this postseason.
1. Sanchez will get sacked and reinjure his already hurting throwing shoulder (injured in last year's Jaguars game when Rex kept him in the game so that Plaxico could pad his stats) and Tebow will come.
2. Tebow will come in, go three and out and retreat to the sideline where he will eat a hot dog.
3. Santonio will invent a new first down celebration that involves pantomiming drinking from a champagne Magnum and tweeting H.A.M.


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this is why when people say china is the next big threat, im not really all that concerned
how can an economy so rife with corruption become the best in the world? how can they lead when they are poisoning their childrens' milk? it's just not gonna happen. I can appreciate rapid growth rates but let's be real their economy right now is the size of CT, projecting the rates of growth to go unchanged and eventually China economy to be bigger than USA assumes that gov't sorts itself out, that's a big assumption.