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This is exactly why he gets demoted or let go altogether. Tanny has had more than enough time with this franchise to create a championship team.
He failed.
jason lacanfora of cbs pregame reported that the jets will be $20 million over the cap next year. sanchez is guaranteed $8.25 next year, no offset language, that means he can double dip if the jets traded him away or cut and signed.if released, the jets have 30 days to pay him the money, not spread out over multiple years.
tanny you really suck!
This is exactly why he gets demoted or let go altogether. Tanny has had more than enough time with this franchise to create a championship team.
He failed.
He is not digging to see the REAL story. We will save over $25M but cutting J. Smith, Pace, and Bart Scott.
As far as being stuck with Sanchez, we are only on the hook to give him a ton of money. We can cut him, it would cost us an additional $4M cap hit and would have a ton of dead money. Even if we keep him, keep him on the roster as our personal punt protecter or what ever as long as he isn't taken snaps at QB.
Also, another area where JLC misinformed, after 2013 we are in great shape. We cut Sanchez, Holmes, Cromartie, and Pouha and we will have close to $60M to work with for free agency.
That is the only reason I think Woody is better off letting this team go through a 3 or 4 win season next year and start all over after 2013.
Jason's NYJetsCap page (linked so everyone can see it, if necessary). Smith is scheduled to make $12M next year, if the Jets cut him, it will be $0.
The way I see it, the Jets have the following situation, not $20M over, but :
2013 CAP INCLUDING Jets carryover $ ~$130M (Rough Estimate)
Assumed Cuts:
Smith, Jason (Savings: $12M) - (Dead Cap Cost: 0)
Pace, Calvin (Savings: $8.56M) - (Dead Cap Cost: $3M)
Scott, Bart (Savings: $7.15M) - (Dead Cap Cost: $1.5M)
Pouha, Sione (Savings: $3.8M) - (Dead Cap Cost: $2.3M)
Smith, Eric (Savings: $3M) - (Dead Cap Cost: 0)
Tebow, Tim (Savings: $1.5M) - (Dead Cap Cost: $1.05M)
2013 Cost with Cuts:
Total Players on roster 35. The Jets needs to spend $25 Million (roughly) for 18 players, this includes 9 starters (who may be resigned), a lot of them would be replaced by young guys on the team (Slauson, Thomas, DeVito)
Shonn Greene
Dustin Keller
Brandon Moore
Laron Landry
Mike DeVito
Yeremiah Bell
Matt Slauson
Nick Folk
Chaz Schilens
Austin Howard
Bryan Thomas
This is the bottom line. The Jets banked on having a serious increase of salary cap money in 2012/2013 and beyond. When that didn't happen, they were put in salary cap hell. That reason alone is why the GM needs to go. The Jets were woefully unprepared for a scenario where the salary cap did not go up.
i just believe that a player like revis does not want to stick around for another 3/5 yrs with the knowledge that the team will be in rebuild mode yet again.
I have the feeling he will want to play for a contender for however many seasons he has left....
Anything we get in return for Revis will never ne worth it. Even multiple 1st rounders, we would end up with a few starters that unless they turned into Pro Bowlers, we would get fleeced. The only way I could see Revis getting traded is to net us a franchise QB. so a move up to the #1 over all pick.
I would suggest that Soprano is a big part of Sanchez's problem. However, Pennington didn't have a problem with the Miami system when he went to the Dolphins. I would recommend the Jets go seek out Charlie Weis at Kansas State and bring him in as offense coord. I still remember a quote from Vinny Testaverde that Weis taught him to read film and coverages. Under Weis's mentorship Vinny just about pulled off a Superbowl and would have made another run at it if not for the season ending injury the following year. Weis is a bad head coach but a brilliant offensive coord. Then go to Dallas and bring in Rob Ryan as defensive coord. Lastly, go get the best talent evaluator available and let him have the keys to the kingdom re: free agency, the draft, waivers and trades.


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Martín Rico: The Tower of Las Damas at the Alhambra, Granada1871Oil on canvas, 63,5 x 40 cmMadrid, Museo Nacional del PradoLegado Ramón de Errazu.
Meadows Museum in Dallas presents the first monographic exhibition on the Madrid-born landscape painter Martín Rico (1833-1908), one of the most important Spanish artists of the second half of the nineteenth century and a pioneering figure in the introduction of realist landscape. Organised in collaboration with the Museo del Prado in Madrid, where this exhibition was presented earlier this season with the title The landscape painter Martín Rico (1833-1908), and made possible through the support of the Regional Government of Madrid, this exhibition brings together more than forty paintings that are shown alongside a large group of watercolours, drawings and notebooks, most of which have never been exhibited in Spain.
Rico's international reputation is largely based on the fact that he established a career outside Spain after he was awarded a State grant in 1862 to study landscape painting abroad. For more than forty years and until his death the artist worked in Paris and Venice where he captured the beauty of these two cities and established contacts with leading artists such as Camille Pissarro, one of the first generation of Impressionists, and Daubigny, the Barbizon School landscape painter.

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I've sent people to Mountain Rose Herbs for their extra virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil, for years. I've never had a complaint, because their product is fabulous, and we've gotten tons of testimonials about skin conditions clearing and other exciting benefits of beginning to use this lauric acid-rich, medium chain fatty acid (missing in most people's diet). When I began using coconut oil years ago, my winter-time cold hands and feet disappeared, and I now enjoy good circulation.
I use coconut oil generously on my skin every day. I run 1/3 cup through my hair (it's long and thick—you may need less) sometimes before I shower, to help deal with the fact that I color it, and blonde out of a bottle is brutal on hair.
I also use coconut oil exclusively in baking, and sometimes in sauteeing. Lots of recipes in Ch. 4 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods, and other places like Ch. 11.
I've blogged about it in the past, and you can search on that topic on this blog.
I asked Mountain Rose Herbs for their favorite recipes, and here they are, enjoy!
Julie's Amazing Maca Bars (modified by Robyn)
Maca, the ancient Peruvian herb, is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which includes turnips and radishes. It grows at high elevations of 12,000 feet and higher! Used as early as 1600 BC in Peru, the traditional use is for mental acuity, physical vitality, endurance, and stamina.
Another well-known use is as an aphrodisiac tonic that enhances sexual desire, performance, and fertility in men, women, and animals. It's a highly nutritious food too. It contains: carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, fiber, lipids, iodine and anticancer compounds (similar to broccoli and cabbage). The nutrition alone can have a positive effect on people who are overworked, overstressed, and nutritionally unfulfilled.
- 1/2 cup raw local honey (great for preventing seasonal allergies)
- ½ cup organic unrefined coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp. chia seed soaked 20+ minutes in 6 Tbsp. water
- ½ cup to 1 cup wheat-free flour or arrowroot powder
- 1 pinch Himalayan Pink Salt
- ½ cup organic maca Powder
- 1 cup organic oats
- 1 cup organic nuts (your choice)
Mix all ingredients together. Bake at 325 to 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes in a greased 9×12 glass pan. Allow to cool, cut into squares, and enjoy!
Julie DeBord's Bio:
Julie DeBord oversees the extraordinarily difficult task of managing the production and packaging of nearly all the products Mountain Rose Herbs has to offer! In addition to this, she oversees our tea and spice formulating and created many of our favorites including Herbal Coffee and Firefly Chai.
Erin's Coconut Kettle Corn (modified by Robyn)
This healthier version of the classic kettle corn recipe will delight any sweet or salty craving. Virgin coconut oil adds a satisfying richness while a touch of sugar coats each kernel with a caramelized glaze. So good, you won't miss the butter! Fun to make around the campfire after a day by the river or on the stovetop at home, this popcorn is an absolute crowd-pleaser.
- ¼ cup organic virgin coconut oil
- ½ cup organic popping corn kernels
- 1 tbsp organic, raw coconut sugar
- fine sea salt to taste
Melt the coconut oil over medium-high heat in a large stock pot. Add the kernels and cover the pot with a lid. Be sure to shake the pot continuously over the flame to avoid burning. When the first kernel pops, add the sugar and cover the pot. Continue to shake the covered pot vigorously over the flame while the kernels pop. This will happen quickly! Once the popping slows down, remove from heat and keep covered until you no longer hear popping. Transfer your popcorn to a serving bowl and sprinkle with salt to your liking. Munch and enjoy!
Erin McIntosh's Bio:
Erin McIntosh is the Communications Manager at Mountain Rose Herbs and a graduate of the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. She spends her days photographing flowers, concocting herbal treats, and wildcrafting plants in the magnificent Oregon Cascades. www.mountainroseblog.com


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August 2014
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Job Seekers
Many of you have probably read Steven Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, which was considered a pioneer in the career self-help genre. "This was one of the first books in recent times that was really directed at prioritizing the way you worked, so you could be more effective as an individual," said Adrian Zackheim of Penguin Publishing. "It wasn't about how to be a manager or how to run a company. It was about how to conduct yourself."
Having reviewed Covey's Seven Habits recently, I realized that much of my counseling to alumni owes something to these proven principles. Many alumni, after years of success in their careers, find themselves at a plateau where they've stopped learning or growing, or they are unhappy with what they are doing, or have been laid off. Often, at this stage, the next job is not just waiting for them – they must now conduct not just a job search, but a highly effective job search.
Covey's seven habits for conducting an effective and rewarding life can easily be applied to managing an effective and rewarding job search:
- Be proactive. Throughout your career, it's important to continually assess your skills, values, and interests in order to reach a clear career objective.
- Seek first to understand. Knowing where you truly fit in the job market is as important as knowing what you want to do, and only in-depth market research will help you to understand which employers you should focus on.
- Begin with the end in mind. Covey advocated creating a personal mission statement focused on values; that's something you'll need in order to communicate your value proposition to prospective employers. Highlight your skills, attributes, and accomplishments here. You must have a vision of the work that best suits you in order to find it.
- Think win/win. Coveys wrote that "Win/win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions." A job seeker needs to shift his mindset from "I need a job" to "Who has a problem I can solve?"
- Synergize. You achieve synergy in a job search when your objectives are clear, you've identified your market, and your message is fully formed; that way, you can make the most of job postings, social media, and headhunters.
- Put first things first. Put first things first and balance your time by managing events according to the personal priorities you set by beginning with the end in mind. The vision you set will help guide your plans to reach your goal.
- Sharpen the saw. Covey's Seven Habits culminates with the idea of continuous, balanced self-renewal in four essential personal areas: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual. When a job search ends with a new position, you undertake a new beginning and the "Seven Habits" come in to play again: assimilating to a new environment, gaining new skills and accomplishments, and re-evaluating professional objectives.
For more advice visit Johnson Alumni Career Resources.


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Tom Moore at Katabiblon.com has added a Latin version of the Hopperizer utility. The Hopperizer links texts to Perseus' Lexicon (for Latin, Lewis & Short or Elementary Lewis). The Greek version of this utility has been available for a while. It works great for pasting in your homework, linking texts which are not part of Perseus' database to a Latin lexicon. There are two versions, one which links to Perseus' lexicon directly, and a Diogenes linked version (for those who have installed the free Diogenes software) which runs on the local machine.
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Senior Chris Murray led a balanced attack with 14 points as the Littleton High boys basketball team defeated host Groton-Dunstable Sunday afternoon, 72-55.
School roundup
Ryan Sullivan and senior Danny Johnson both recorded 13 points for LHS, which raced out to a 42-21 halftime lead. Johnson added 5 steals and 4 rebounds, Sullivan had 4 boards and Murray 4 assists.
Groton-Dunstable was led by senior captain Coleman Hill with 14 points and freshman Corey Romich with 11.
The win improved the Tigers to 4-0 with a game Thursday vs. Tewksbury in the Wilmington KofC Tournament. G-D (1-3) hosts North Middlesex Friday.
Westford 72
Chelmsford 59
Justin Mount led the Westford (3-1) scoring attack with 22 points, while Troy Faretra added 17. Nick Lynch contributed 12 points and a dozen rebounds and Eric McCord collected 10 rebounds.
Westford plays Dracut Friday night in the Lowell Spinners/IAABO Tournament at UML, while Chelmsford takes on Acton-Boxboro Thursday night in the same tournament.
Central Catholic 6
Billerica 2
Freshmen Callahan Johnson and Michael Egan scored for Billerica (1-2) Saturday night at the Hallenborg Pavilion.
Billerica assists went to Kevin Faria, Ryan Loranger, Zach Hughes and Connor Kelly. Indians goalie Kyle McFarland made 28 saves.
Mike Kelleher scored 2 goals for Central Catholic (2-1), which outshot Billerica 34-17.
Groton-Dunstable 5
Hudson 3
Connor Maguire scored 2 goals, and Kip Strong, Brad Zardrozny and Derek March each scored once, as Groton-Dunstable improved to 3-0-1.
The Crusaders outshot Hudson 49-17. G-D goalie Jack Niemoller made 14 saves. The line of J.J. Tardif, Michael McDonough and Eric Niemoller was outstanding in the third period.


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Former 'Skin to play in college playoffs
We all love our Redskins. And every so often, a hometown favorite or a high school standout makes his way to the next level athletically. While he may not being wearing the Red and White of Wapakoneta, one collegiate football player has made his way onto the starting squad of a playoff team.
And he credits a lot of his success to his hometown in Auglaize county.
Some of you may remember him, but if not, meet Cale Tabler, now a sophomore at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Now a Cougar, Tabler and his squad put together a regular season of 8-2, and are now in round two of the NAIA football playoffs.
Tabler, who redshirted his freshman year, is now the starting free safety for the Cougars, and said he is happy to be making a difference on the squad. But Tabler thinks back to the time when he was a senior in high school, and pointed to his team and his coaches who pushed him to pursue his goal of playing football at the next level.
"My senior year was coach Doug Frye's first year coming to Wapak, when he first got there, I didn't really know what to expect, but after a year of football, the lessons that he taught me, the work ethic, really paid off in the long run," Tabler said.
Tabler said the biggest difference between high school football and college football is the speed of play, and the extra work you need to put into making yourself better.
"When I got to college, I was ready, I was prepared for the extra work that it takes to become successful. The extra work and the desire to give it your all 100 percent of the time," Tabler said.
Tabler said Frye helped him not only on the football field, but helped him through the recruiting process, finding the perfect match for him at the next level.
"Having Frye as my coach my senior year of high school was really helpful in the recruiting process. He had a lot of contacts and helped me decide what school is best for me athletically and academically," Tabler said. "He was really looking out for my interests."
One aspect of collegiate sports that is often masked by TV deals, fanhood and money is the academic side of things. Tabler says he knows he is a student-athlete. And that student is the first part of that.
"Coach Frye's policy in high school was that he was a big supporter of academics. There were severe consequences if you missed school, didn't go to class or didn't make your grades. You got to be responsible for getting your work done," Tabler said.
Now a nursing major at St. Francis, Tabler knows that academics come first, and that if it wasn't for academics, there would never be the opportunity to strap on his shoulder pads at all.
"Your main priority is to take care of things academically before you can ever even step on the field," Tabler said. "Going into college, that academic first focus really helped. It is more of a lax setting in college, not as much guidance, so you have to be more responsible for your own academic success."
Tabler said he has weekly academic progress reports that he has to pass, because the biggest fear is becoming academically ineligible.
Like previously mentioned, the Cougars have had a successful season thus far, and might face their biggest challenge this weekend: a rematch with Marian University.
In the sixth game of the season, the Cougars lost to Marian by one touchdown. Marian, at the time was ranked No. 1 in the country. The week before that, St. Francis defeated the then-No. 1 team in St. Xavier, the defending national champions out of Chicago.
On this conference champion team, Tabler said he does not take his time on the field for granted.
This season of successes is not over for Tabler and the rest of the St. Francis squad.
"We've overcame a lot of obstacles. We've had goals set, and I'd say we've accomplished those," Tabler said. "Our next goal is, of course, a national championship."
"Getting that ring."
Tabler's former coach, Frye said he is not surprised Tabler has made this impact at the collegiate level, and that he is proud of his accomplishments on and off the field.
"Cale Tabler is an outstanding young man, we're really proud of him for what he's done. Not only football-wise, but academically."
Frye said for a sophomore to step up like that at take a leadership role on a team like that really impresses him.
"He's made an immediate impact on that football team, and our whole community is extremely proud of him."
Tabler talked about his time as a redshirt freshman, and how he was able to make that transition as a scout-team player to the starting lineup.
"When you redshirt, you don't have too much interaction with the seniors and juniors, because most of the time you are on the scout team, the transformation to this year, actually starting with a bunch of seniors and juniors, you kind of have to show them that you want to be involved, get to know them better, because that's your team," Tabler said.
In high school, Tabler was a two-way player, playing cornerback on defense and wing-back on offense, and said making the transition to the free safety position has been good.
"Becoming a free safety at the college level makes you the last line of defense. It's almost like we're the captains of the defense. We have to know everyone's responsibility on every play. We're the one directing the play calls, calling out the coverages... Everything is in front of us. We're the last line of defense."
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Mark Parsons, an archeologist working on the project with the Texas Historical Commission, has custody of relics found in what is now the lake bed, while the lake was under construction.
In response to an e-mail query from City Secretary Kathy Hoover, Parsons said that the project is still in progress, but has been slowed by health issues he's endured.
In a response to her Aug. 27, he stated "Wanted to write and let you know I am still alive and have not forgotten you. I have not made a great deal of progress on preparing the Lake Gilmer archeological materials for curation."
Parsons said that the director of the Archeological Division at the Texas Historical Commission had informed him that a report on the Lake Gilmer artifacts is being prepared for publication, "after a long wait behind the La Belle shipwreck report by Jim Bruseth. It will be some time before they can predict a publication date, but I had most of the nearly 150 illustrations copy ready when I submitted the draft, so I expect it will move along reasonably rapidly."
He said that he believes the report "will be an important contribution to East Texas archeological literature."
Parsons said that he will be in further contact as completion nears.
He said that "burial items" (presumably including any human remains) must go back to the Caddo Nation, which is located in Oklahoma.
Ellington told the council that the archeological project long predates his time as city manager in Gilmer, and that when the time for transfer of the relics to the Caddos occurs, the City will be required to bear the cost.
He said that if the Caddos turn it down, then he understands the items will have to go to a university.
In other business, the council:
• Heard a public hearing on the proposed $.635424 rate per $100 valuation for fiscal 2013-2014. The rate is the "rollback" rate, meaning that if it were higher, it would automatically generate an election to let the voters decide whether to adopt that tax rate or not.
No one spoke either for or against the proposal.
• Close off the downtown square and adjacent areas for Yamboree Week in October.
• Accept a $2,500 grant from the Walmart Foundation to buy brackets to mount AR 15-type rifles in police cars. The rifles themselves were bought with a previous Walmart Foundation grant.


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... I will punch you in the face.
If you make implementation details about the initial condition of an universe proof that such an universe has no superior level, you are already so ridiculous that punching people in the face is probably the best you can do.
"superior level"???
Why not talk about about the great Matma, an inferior level, the mysterious Wumpus, or the Flying Spaghetti monster instead?
So we see evidence of a seeming Miraculous event in the universe. One that seems to defy logic. And you use it as a time to get angry at people who believe in God.
Is your atheism so week, that you fall back on violence if confronted with evidence that seems to force you to realign your belief structure.
So tell me again how atheist are better than religious people?
Or is it that you are just as human as the rest of us, and will strongly hold onto our belief structure and get very angry when something dissuad
Is your atheism so week, that you fall back on violence if confronted with evidence that seems to force you to realign your belief structure.
What evidence?
So tell me again how atheist are better than religious people?
You seem to be taking your dislike for the one you replied to and generalizing based on that. Nice job.
What evidence?
I'm filing this one under "if we mangle these numbers hard enough, they support our hypothesis." I would say that I'd be open to changing my mind if someone explained it to me, but I doubt it's possible for non-physicists to really understand it to begin with.
"And you use it as a time to get angry at people who believe in God."
When people believe in gods that can't invent wireless camera phones and used the most inefficient method to communicate "his" message regardless of religion (christianity, islam, etc). People have every right to look down at believers in old gods with their ancient texts (which are full of errors).
If gods of our ancestors were so all powerful, why do they seem to have a messaging problem? Note that there are over roughly 30,000 differen
If gods of our ancestors were so all powerful, why do they seem to have a messaging problem?
Can create vast amounts of items but has trouble communicating his views to others? God is a Geek!!!
Just be glad that he's not very good at messaging. Then God would be from Marketing. The Lord of All Creation coming from Marketing? Not that would be scary!
When people believe in gods that can't invent wireless camera phones
Yeah, because if it suddenly started raining iPhones in 5 A.D., that totally wouldn't have turned anybody into gibbering lunatics.
But it is proof that disproving Aquinas's argument that no physical phenomena can arise ex nihilo is currently beyond the capacity of science, mathematics and philosophy.
If you make this a proof of God... I will punch you in the face
Of course not. If He wanted you to believe, God would have showed you his birth certificate.
Quantum fluctuations are something. The question should actually be "Where do quantum fluctuations come from" to which a physicist will probably reply - "they just happen". Which is feck all use to anyone as an answer. Might just as well say the universe just happened or the God/The Sphagetti Monster created it.
If physicists don't have a proper answer to "Why is there something rather than nothing" then they should stop pretending they do by the deceit of changing the definition of "nothing".
There's a lot of things in physics, that when you get down deep enough the only answer we've got is "it just does."
Tell me, how does the force of electric attraction or repulsion work in general? We can describe the way the force works. Opposite charges attract, like charges repel. We can calculate the magnitude of these forces. But when you really get right down to it, why this force exists and what creates this motive force from apparently nothing is unexplained. We can describe the force, saying "it's li
- "why there is something rather than nothing?"
- "because this can happen according to this newfangled model"
- "cool, and what made the universe should follow this newfangled model?"
- "because another newfangled proof makes anything else illogical"
- "cool and what made the universe forcibly logical? all you did so far is to prove the universe can't help but follow the same logic that you derived from the behavior of the universe itself."
The End.
I think most college students would agree that zero everywhere is a compelling solution for differential equations.
This is an abuse of the word "nothing", which is a universal negation "not anything". But quantum fluctuations in the quantum vacuum are something, and not nothing. The research might be interesting, but it does nothing for the question the philosopher is asking when he is wondering "Why there is somerthing rather than nothing?"
Exactly. Lawrence Krauss and others are trying to redefine "nothing" for there own personal theories and world view (he's an atheist). I guess that's understandable from that viewpoint, but you can make a lot of interesting theories if you redefine terms to fit your own meaning.
Yes. Same goes for modeling the properties of 'nothing'.
The claim in the headline is phrased that way presumably because it is attention-seeking 'scientific journalism' (web hits are good).
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle allows a small region of empty space to come into existence probabilistically due to quantum fluctuations
I don't remember that in the principle when I took physics. I think they are skipping quite a few steps in the summary.
No, he's suggesting the summary doesn't reproduce every *crucial* detail of the thing it's summarizing, making it a poor summary.
Newtons First Law of Motion allows a small region of empty space to come into existence probabilistically due to quantum fluctuations
The Pythagorean Theorem allows a small region of empty space to come into existence probabilistically due to quantum fluctuations
This is not a "proof that the universe could have formed spontaneously from nothing". As is common in popular versions of science (and often even in peer-reviewed articles by scientists), there is a confusion between modeling reality and reality itself. All this proves is that the current most accurate (in terms of making predictions that we can measure) mathematical model of reality does not contradict the claim that the universe spawned from nothing (and of course the term "nothing" here is tenuous at best--it certainly isn't philosophical nothingness, because something did indeed exist, i.e. a state in which quantum fluctuations were occurring, such a state is not nothing, it is something... perhaps by "nothing" they mean a vacuum, but again, a vacuum is something since it is still governed by laws). And let's not forget that though QM has a lot of predictive power as a model, it is still just that, a model.
Note that the words "could have" are used, which makes your point moot. They are not claiming that the Universe formed spontaneously from nothing, they are claiming that such claims cannot be refuted (yet). Or, alternatively, they're claiming that theories involving from-nothing Universes do not refute existing results; unlike, say, a theory which allows faster-than-light travel, which *would* refute existing results, and therefore have a much larger burden of proof (ie. it would have to be able to replace
"I wish the physicists would stop playing in the philosophical and theological sandbox."
Of course you do. Theologians have already had their sandbox reduced by scientists, and you wouldn't want it to shrink any more than it already has.
I have zero apples, which one will produce an apple seed to grow a tree.
While extremely unlikely, given a long enough timeline an apple seed will spontaneously form due to quantum fluctuations. So the zeroth apple will produce that seed.
E=M*(C cubed)
But that doesn't mean it is 'right'. The correct formula is E= M*(C squared) and it doesn't matter how many times I write any other formula.
As such, math can describe ANY internally consistent theory. (and even some internally inconsistent ones). It is only through practical testing that we can determine if the math is right.
Or rather not applicable. Physics is not accessible to mathematics, Mathematics is just a tool physics uses on formalized abstractions of physics. These abstractions _always_ introduce inaccuracies, and hence no mathematical proof can ever apply to physics directly or absolutely. Mathematics can just not bridge these transformation steps. That is the tasks of Physics.
However do what you like to zero - you're not getting any other value from it unless you have another value -ie something non zero - to begin with. This theory does nothing to explain how something arose from nothing.
I have some basic understanding on a non-physicist level of what quantum physics is all about, the weirdness that is involved with it and how it scales to the world I can see, but this I simply cannot fathom.
How can quantum fluctuations occur in absolute nothingness?
Mathematical Proof That the Cosmos Could Have Formed Spontaneously From Nothing
What does this mean, really? Either a thing did or didn't happen. What does it mean to have proved that it could have happened?
Is there room for someone to come along later and prove that it couldn't have happened for reasons not yet understood?
What if we discover the universe didn't form spontaneously from nothing? Would that disprove this "proof"?
Car analogy time: if I see a car at a certain place, and I measure its speed at 60mph, then I could claim to have "proven" that it could have been 60 miles away
More likely it's the result of the infinite improbability drive. I just hope that the Universe and Arthur Dent never meet.
I remember reading about an European mathematician who set out to prove that Euclidean geometry was the only possible geometry. He came up with lemma after lemma, conjecture after conjecture, but no matter how hard he tried he could not prove non-Euclidean geometry could not exist. All those proofs, lemmas and work on conjectures formed the mainstay of the branch of non-Eucledian Geometry.
So all the math proof tells you is, if you make a set of assumptions, cosmos could be created spontaneously.
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle allows a small region of empty space to come into existence probabilistically due to quantum fluctuations.
Ok, so this entire premise is refuted by this one statement.
This statement assumes there was "Space" prior to the big bang. There was neither time or space prior to the big bang... in fact, there WAS NO PRIOR TO THE BIG BANG. It would be like arguing that "This triangle rolled across the floor while it was a circle"
Secondly, it also assumes that the universes physical laws like quantum mechanics still applied prior to the big bang. There were no universal laws, and once again there is no "Prior to the big b
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle allows a small region of empty space to come into existence probabilistically due to quantum fluctuations.
I'm afraid my poor little brain is ill equipped to understand this.
So, if there was 'nothing', WTF is there to be 'quantum fluctuating'?
A fluctuation of nothing produced everything?
Sometimes (okay, often)
This proof, while impressive, does not proof that the cosmos could have formed spontaneously. It only shows that the big bang was not the start of the cosmos and something early and yet unknown pre-existed it. The old axiom that "ex nihilo nihil fit" (nothing can come from nothing), still holds, because if there were nothing, no matter, no energy, no anything, then there couldn't be quantum fluctuations to spontaneously form the universe.
As such, the big bang must not have been the start of universe, but probably very, very, very close to the start of the universe.
Sheesh. I mean, I'm a theorist. I love theory. But let us not lose sight of the difference between metaphysical speculation and "proof". All that has been done is that it has been shown that -- subject to a whole slew of prior assumptions (premises, axioms) that may or may not be correct (and that cannot be verified or sorted out either way) -- that a particular kind of "empty" Universe could consistently give rise to a vacuum fluctuation that grows a la big bang. Of course, there is a big difference between an "empty" Universe subject to all sorts of quantum rules and nothing -- as nothing tends to come without anything, including a set of rules quantum or otherwise.
So let me summarize the argument. If the Universe already existed, complete with a set of physical laws, but just happened at some point in meta-space and meta-time to be empty, then if those probably non-unique laws had parameters within some almost certainly non-unique range, then mass-energy could have poofed into existence in a big bang as a quantum vacuum fluctuation that grew. It is proven that all of this could have happened.
And we are now precisely as knowledgeable as we were before. We already knew that it could have happened because it did. We still know absolutely nothing (more) useful about the state of the Universe before the bang, because the bang erased the prior state in a blast of cosmic entropy and all of our ability to make inferences comes from weak extrapolation of observation of its visible state "now" (that is, into the distance-mediated past). We cannot use the "proof" to make any useful predictions that can be tested (either verified or falsified).
Don't get me wrong, I think it is a lovely result, and it may prove useful in some indirect way by providing an incentive to reformulate quantum theory in ways that are at least consistent with the big bang, just as quantum theory ultimately proves useful when discussing things like black holes. But it is still theoretical metaphysics, not physics.
"I shall expect a chemical cure for psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. tomorrow, or I'll have your guts for spaghetti." -- a comic panel by Cotham


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Next Couple of Weeks Important for the Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are about to play two teams from the AFC West over the next couple of weeks.Dallas travels to San Diego and then home to take on the Denver Broncos. The Cowboys currently sit with a 2-1 record. If they can win the next two games that would put them at 4-1, when they take on their division rivals the Washington Redskins in Mid October.
Seeing that Washington, New York, and Philadelphia are all struggling in the early going, wins over the next three weeks could propel Dallas to the division championship. However losses would likely mean a crowded finish come the end of December.
So, even though its very early in the season, the next two or three games sit as pivitol points for the Cowboys and their division rivals. Go Cowboys!!


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Manchester United v Arsenal used to be one of the most heated and highly contested rivalries in Premier League football and today is the eighth anniversary of one of their most notorious clashes.
In the 2004-05 season Arsene Wenger's side were defending the title won with the "Invincibles' side, but their unbeaten run came to an end at 49 and the trip to Old Trafford.
A memorable match contained a Wayne Rooney dive, accusations of foul play on Jose Reyes and the now infamous 'Pizzagate' or 'Battle of the Buffet' ruckus around the teams' changing rooms afterwards.
Sir Alex Ferguson's team made the return trip with tensions high on February 1, and something was bound to spark a scuffle or two, especially with captains Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane present.
The legend goes that Vieira was holding Gary Neville up against a wall berating him for the tough treatment of Gunners attackers in the previous clash, before Keane arrived on the scene to step in and start off a furious exchange.
However, Neville revealed some time afterwards that it didn't go quite as the stories said.
The now retired United legend could not deny that Keane and Vieira were certainly not pleased with one another, as the footage in the tunnel is conclusive in that much.
Keane can be heard saying "I'll see you out there" to the Frenchman, with the reply being "come on then".
The famously fiery former United captain then complains to referee Graham Poll that Vieira "shouldn't pick on Gary Neville, he should pick on one of us".
The bad feeling continued on the pitch and the two players failed to shake hands lining up before the game - an issue that obviously did not garner as much outrage as nowadays.
It was a perfect example of the kind of tension felt between the sides at the time – a state of affairs many Arsenal fans might find painful to recall.
Watch the footage from the famous spat above.
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Canada NewsWire
RICHMOND, BC, June 26, 2012
Creates leading global communications and information company
Investor conference call and webcast at 5:30 a.m. PDT/8:30 a.m. EDT on
June 27, 2012
RICHMOND, BC, June 26, 2012 /CNW/ - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, today announced that
it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
(SS/L) for US$875 million in a transaction that is immediately
accretive. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SS/L is the global
market leading provider of commercial communications satellites,
serving a global customer base. The acquisition transforms MDA into a
major player in commercial communications and provides the Company with
critical mass in the U.S. market.
"This is a game changing transaction for our Company," said Daniel
Friedmann, MDA's president and CEO. "With one move, we are bringing
together two market leaders to create a unique global communications
and information company with a strong commercial focus.
Post-acquisition, more than two-thirds of MDA's total revenues will
come from the commercial market."
The transaction meets MDA's long-term objective of gaining a stronger
presence in the U.S. market. SS/L has a U.S.-based workforce of 3,200
highly skilled employees, and over one million square feet of
state-of-the-art facilities. SS/L will continue to operate under its
well-established brand and proven management team.
Following the acquisition, MDA will have combined annual revenues of
$1.9 billion (calendar year 2011), and a combined backlog of $2.8
billion (March 31, 2012). The acquisition is also expected to provide
global opportunities for future growth as MDA enters markets fuelled by
some of today's most compelling consumer communications needs.
"Space Systems/Loral's business is fundamentally driven by the worldwide
demand for television, digital audio, broadband Internet, mobile
communications, and voice telephony," said Friedmann. "Billions of
people around the world depend on these services and demand continues
to increase. By acquiring one of the major companies that enable these
essential communications services, MDA will move immediately to the
forefront of this growing business."
SS/L has gained a strong market presence serving major commercial
satellite operators and has been awarded more commercial satellite
contracts worldwide than any other company since 2005 (Futron Satellite Orders Report). SS/L revenues for 2011 were US$1.1 billion, with pro-forma operating
EBITDA of US$153 million. SS/L has a backlog of US$2 billion (March 31,
2012), providing good revenue visibility going forward.
"The combination of Space Systems/Loral's world-class commercial
communications expertise with MDA's strengths in essential information
solutions provides exciting opportunities for growth for the new
company and continuous strong support to our current and future
customers' business," said John Celli, president of Space
Transaction Details and Process
Loral Space & Communications Inc., the parent company of SS/L, and MDA
have executed a definitive agreement. The boards of directors of MDA
and Loral have each unanimously approved the terms of the agreement.
The agreement is also subject to applicable regulatory approvals and
certain closing conditions customary for this type of transaction.
Subject to satisfying those approvals and closing conditions, the
transaction is expected to be completed in a few months.
"This transaction is structured to provide MDA with a full tax step-up
for the purchase price for U.S. tax purposes and the transaction is
also immediately accretive to MDA's earnings per share," said
Anil Wirasekara, MDA's executive vice-president and CFO. MDA will
finance the transaction with cash on hand, a three-year note payable
for US$101 million, and approximately US$500 million of borrowings
under a new $1.1 billion fully committed and underwritten credit
facility from RBC Capital Markets. The credit facility has an accordion
feature to borrow an additional US$250 million. "Post transaction, MDA
will maintain a prudent leverage ratio and will continue to have more
than adequate capital to fund further growth opportunities," said
BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as lead financial advisor to MDA in
connection with the transaction. RBC Capital Markets also provided
financial advice to MDA related to this transaction.
Investor Conference Call and Webcast
MDA will host a conference call and webcast on June 27, 2012 at 5:30
a.m. Pacific (8:30 a.m. Eastern), featuring remarks by Daniel
Friedmann, president and CEO, and Anil Wirasekara, executive
vice-president and CFO. A slide presentation will be available for
viewing during the conference call and webcast. To access this slide
presentation, please visit the following link:
Following the presentation, there will be an interactive question and
answer session.
To participate in the question and answer session, please call the
conference line approximately five minutes prior to the commencement of
the call:
Canada or the United States: 1-888-231-8191
International: 1-647-427-7450
The slide presentation will be available at the following link, after
the conclusion of the conference call and webcast:
Telephone replay will be available from June 27, 2012 7:30 a.m. PDT
(10:30 a.m. EDT) to July 4, 2012 8:59 p.m. PDT (11:59 p.m. EDT) at the
following numbers:
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About MDA
MDA provides advanced information solutions that capture and process
vast amounts of data, produce essential information, and improve the
decision making and operational performance of business and government
organizations worldwide.
Focused on markets and customers with strong repeat business potential,
MDA delivers a broad spectrum of information solutions, ranging from
complex operational systems, to tailored information services, to
electronic information products.
The Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under
the symbol TSX:MDA.
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Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information and Other Matters
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements and
information which reflect the current view of MacDonald, Dettwiler and
Associates Ltd. (the "Company" or "MDA") with respect to future events
and financial performance. Forward-looking statements generally can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may",
"will", "would", "could", "should", "expect", "intend", "estimate",
"anticipate", "plan", "foresee", "believe" or "continue", or the
negatives of such terms or variations of them or similar terminology.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on MDA's
current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions made in
light of its experience and perception of historical trends.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond MDA's control and the effects of which can be
difficult to predict. MDA's actual results of operations could differ
materially from historical results or current expectations.
With regard to MDA's proposed acquisition of Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
(SS/L), there can be no assurance that MDA will realize the anticipated
benefits or results due to a variety of factors, including: inability
to complete the acquisition in the timeframe anticipated or at all;
inability to obtain governmental approvals of the transaction or
satisfy other conditions to the transaction on the proposed terms and
timeframe; the terms of the proposed transaction may need to be
modified to obtain governmental approvals of the transaction or satisfy
other conditions to the transaction; the ability to promptly and
effectively integrate the businesses of MDA and SS/L; higher than
anticipated integration costs; diversion of management time on
acquisition-related issues; and failure to obtain the consent or other
agreement of certain counterparties whose consent or agreement is
required in order for MDA to acquire certain business relationships.
The anticipated benefits from the proposed transaction, such as it
being accretive to earnings, expanding the Company's presence and
creating synergies and new opportunities for growth may not be realized
in the time frame anticipated or at all as a result of several factors
including changes in general economic and market conditions, laws and
regulations and their enforcement, and the degree of competition in the
geographic and business areas in which SS/L operates. Assumptions about
current and expected capital requirements, SS/L revenues and expenses,
the potential for earnings growth as well as costs associated with the
transaction and expected synergies were material factors considered in
estimating the internal rate of return to MDA and its estimate of the
acquired business being accretive to MDA's earnings. Assumptions about
our integration plan, the efficiency and duration of integration and
the alignment of organizational responsibilities were material factors
we considered in estimating transaction and integration costs.
Other risks that could cause actual results to differ from current
expectations include: changes in government priorities, funding levels,
contracts and regulations; failure of third parties and subcontractors
to complete contracts for which the Company is the prime contractor;
risks of performance on firm fixed-price construction contracts;
changes in estimates of total revenues and costs on contracts;
potential for product liability or the occurrence of defects in
software and other products and resulting loss of revenue and loss of
the Company's reputation; quality issues and failure of systems to meet
performance requirements; failure of the Company to manage its
acquisitions and breaches of contracts and indemnities and related
risks on divestitures; satellite failure; dependence on electronic
systems and data and system security threats; detrimental reliance on
third parties for data; dependence on key employees, potential for work
stoppages and lack of oversight over a U.S. proxy board and management;
failure to anticipate changes in technology, technical standards and
offerings or comply with the requisite standards; failure to maintain
technological advances and market positions; significant competition;
potential infringement of the intellectual property rights of others
through licensed software or otherwise; inadequate protection of the
Company's intellectual property rights; exposure to foreign currency
fluctuations; changes in economic and political conditions; inability
of suppliers or subcontractors to effect technology transfer; changes
in customer security requirements and the resulting cancellation of
contracts; failure to maintain business alliances; uncertainty in
financing arrangements; failure of counterparties in financing
arrangements and financial derivative contracts; wrongful call on
letters of credit and performance bonds; and insufficient insurance
against material claims or losses. We caution that the preceding list
is not exhaustive of all possible risk factors and other factors could
also adversely affect MDA's results.
You are referred to the risk factors described in MDA's most recent
annual Management's Discussion and Analysis, Annual Information Form
and other documents on file with the Canadian securities regulatory
authorities, available on SEDAR, www.sedar.com or www.mdacorporation.com. All such factors should be considered carefully, as well as other
uncertainties and potential events, and the inherent uncertainty of
forward-looking statements, when making decisions with respect to MDA.
The forward-looking statements and information contained in this press
release represent MDA's views only as of today's date. All such
statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of
applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. MDA disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, other than as required by law, rule or regulation. You
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the form
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Late strikes from Gareth McAuley and Romelu Lukaku saw West Bromwich Albion record a surprise 2-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield.
A classic smash and grab win saw the Baggies move ahead of their Merseyside opponents in the Premier League table, after a battling defensive display and some clinical finishing.
Goalkeeper Ben Foster produced heroics in the visitor's goal, with a clean sheet leading to a deserved man of the match award.
Liverpool dominated the opening 45 minutes, but were unable to convert numerous opportunities that fell their way.
Jonjo Shelvey thought he had given the home side the lead but his strike was rued out for offside, before Steven Gerrard and Stewart Downing tested Foster with excellent long-range efforts.
Brendan Rodger's team came closest before the break when West Brom defender Steven Reid almost turned the ball into his own goal, scooping the ball over from a Shelvey cross.
With the scores still level in the second half, West Brom began to play with a little more adventure as the game started to open up, but Steve Clarke's side continued to frustrate Liverpool, with Foster continuing to impress with a string of superb saves.
And with 76 minutes on the clock, Foster was again the hero, producing a brilliant save to deny Gerrard from the penalty spot after Luis Suarez had gone down softly under a challenge from Jonas Olsson - the former Manchester United shot stopper diving low to his left to keep out the Liverpool captain.
Sensing the game was there for the taking, West Brom ventured forward, and after Youssouf Mulumbu saw his effort tipped wide for a corner, the visitors took the lead when Mcauley fired a powerful header past Pepe Reina to stun the Anfield crowd.
And, the Baggies secured victory in stoppage time, when substitute Lukaku finished neatly after a decisive break away.
The result sees West Brom move above Liverpool into eighth, ending a run of six games without a win, completing a season double of Liverpool in the process.
After an impressive performance by the returning Mulumbu, the midfielder posted on his official Facebook page: "Anfield: You'll never walk alone... I know, I'm back!! Vini Vidi Vinci. Come on Baggies."
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Manuel "Sonny" Amaral didn't seem to mingle much with people. In fact, he was dead for three weeks in his mobile home and no one reported him missing.
Manuel "Sonny" Amaral didn't seem to mingle much with people. In fact, he was dead for three weeks in his mobile home and no one reported him missing.
The body wasn't discovered until his self-described girlfriend, Kimberly Jean Collins, 53, broke down and admitted to authorities that she stabbed the 77-year-old man three times in the back. She said she snapped when he yelled at her for turning on the air conditioner.
Collins, who divulged her secret to Oklahoma City Police on Saturday night, said she had journals detailing the abuse she suffered at the hands of Amaral. A check of Marion County Sheriff's Office records on Monday showed no domestic disturbance calls made from the property.
The address, 304 SW 172nd St., shows up four times, including Saturday's call from Oklahoma requesting a well-being check on Amaral. The other calls were for civil matters, said Judge Cochran, sheriff's spokesman.
Amaral owned the nearly nine-acre property he lived on since 1981, according to Marion County property records.
He was married, but divorced in 2003. His ex-wife could not be reached, nor could any other relatives.
A worker at a nearby Paso Fino horse farm said she would see Amaral from time to time but never talked to him.
"I didn't really take notice of not seeing him. We come here and feed the horses. He kept to himself. He would drive by on his way to his house," said the woman, who only gave her name as Jenny.
Amaral's home is set far back off the road at the furthest point of the property. On Monday, an orange gate blocked a narrow road leading back to the house, which was not visible from the gate.
The main structure is a 773-square-foot single-wide mobile home, but additions were made to the structure through the years, property appraiser records show.
Except for a driving under the influence conviction in 2001, Amaral had no other arrests in Marion County.
Collins was arrested in 2012 after she reportedly took some property from a man after he did not give her a ride back home. The charges were eventually dropped.
After giving Oklahoma authorities a brief description of the stabbing, Collins, who said she hitchhiked to Oklahoma after the stabbing, asked for a lawyer and stopped talking to detectives.
She was being held at the Oklahoma City Jail on a Marion County warrant for second-degree murder and will be brought back to Florida to face the charges.
At his home on Saturday, authorities found Amaral with a knife in his back. He was found in the bedroom of the home under clothes and a blanket. He was in an advanced state of decomposition.


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MARENGO – Members of the community, and especially area veterans, are invited to the dedication of a Purple Heart Monument on Thursday in Calvin Spencer Park.
Jacob Olbrich, an Eagle Scout candidate with Marengo Boy Scout Troop 163, raised more than $6,000 to erect the monument.
The Marengo American Legion Post 192 will dedicate the monument at 10 a.m. Thursday at the park, 351 Hale St.
For information, call Kelly Olbrich at 815-560-7716.
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The South Dakota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution application for membership forms date from 1911 to 1974. There are 230 applicants listed in the database.
Information on the membership forms include: applicant name, descendant name, applicant acceptance date, birth town, county, and state, birth date, occupation, residence, family genealogy and descendant war record. Date of birth has been removed from the database.
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- It's something many of us take for granted, but now students at a Stateline school will get the chance to honor the flag every morning while saying the pledge.
The Rockford Vietnam Veterans of America presented West Middle School with dozens of American flags to fill each and every classroom and office in the building. Part of West Middle School's first annual day of patriotism, the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 984 presented students with 48 flags to be hung up around the school. When the school reached out to chapter president John Sommer, he said he didn't even know schools still said the pledge every morning and giving the flags was something his group felt obligated to do.
"I guess I'd thought that those days were gone. You know, but they're not…and West Middle School is just a great example of what should be done everywhere," said John Sommer, Chapter President.
West High School and Middle School is home to over 200 students that gave their lives fighting for the country. This first annual ceremony honored them and all other veterans. As part of the ceremony, Alderman Frank Beach presented the school with a proclamation saying November 9th will be a day of patriotism at West Middle School from now on.


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When I log out and want to quite Madriva 2005 Linux, my laptop switches off... but really switches off, so I can't start it again (no electricity). I have to disconnect the battery, wait ten seconds, connect battery again and only then can I boot again.
Laptop is one of the AJP laptops. I tried to stop various services... but no result.
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After yesterday, anything can happen.
Thanks for the behind the scenes info. Very interesting.
I attend Bowling Green, and although I don't work directly with the team I've seen them a few times so I thought I'd like to share with you guys all I think I know about the Bowling Green football team so you'll be prepared for this upcoming weekend.
- Known to most people as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee that helped put an end to Phillip Fulmer's tenure as Tennessee's head coach a few years back, Dave Clawson is the current head coach at BG. He has a pretty darn good track record other than that one horrible year in Knoxville and will get a BCS-level job in the next few years. My guess would be Virginia Tech once Beamer is done, just because he's a prominant name in the Virginia-area, where he took the Richmond Spiders to the 1-AA semi-finals back in 2007 before losing to... well... uh... that one team with the really good quarterback... 55-37.
- The defense for BG has one hope, turn the ball over. There's not much after that because they are the standard bend but don't break team. They returned three interceptions for touchdowns last night (one was called back for block in the back). They play super soft coverage though. They've given up 30, 33, and 28 points this season and could struggle this weekend.
- The offense is what I imagine the 49ers west coast offense was like in the 80's, at least from what my Dad always described. Short passes to whoever is open within first two steps. That's how Freddie Barnes amassed 155 catches last season in 13 games(!!!) and how Jr. Kamar Jordan leads the nation this year with 34 receptions in three games this season.
- Despite the gaudy numbers by the recievers, Bowling Green has a redshirt freshman as starting quarterback, #7 Matt Schilz, who is smart with the ball but lacks serious arm strength, at least that's according to rivals. He was knocked out of last night's game in the third quarter with an injury. Backup quarter back is a sophomore, #14 Aaron Pankratz. Has more arm strength, a little bigger in the pocket, not quite as mobile. Think a 2-star version of John Navarre.
- The running back Willie Geter has dreads(!). The 5'7" running back has seriously quick acceleration but has been questioned on his top speed.
- BG has a starting freshman defensive back* (I stand corrected, he's not a cornerback) named... Booboo Gates. He's a little bigger than Michigan's Booboo was and he plays pretty well on the defensive side and returned an interception for a touchdown last night.
- Anybody else wish Michigan had an extra kicker on hand? Well, Bryan Wright could've been that guy, except he decided to take his talents down US 23 about 50 miles and spend his last year of eligibility kicking, punting, and kicking off. He's three for six on field goal attempts this season and surely could've been of at least some use for the winged helmets this year.
- Completely OT but Bowling Green has one of the sweetest rivalry trophy histories in the history of rivalry trophies. The "Peace Pipe" is the trophy and between 1947 and 1969 the basketball teams from Toledo and Bowling Green would smoke a substance from the pipe at halftime as a offering of peace to the other school! What was actually being smoked has never really been officially said... but it was the 60's... so take that for what you will. It's now just a trophy that is played for by the football teams each year.
So, to wrap this up for now, if you can't watch the game this weekend and can only read the box score with the stats sheet, do not be alarmed if Bowling Green has a reciever with 15 catches on Saturday and a player named "Booboo" with an interception. This game will not be Toledo 08', although BG has beaten them, including in 08', the last few years in the battle for I-75.
EDIT: I said Booboo was a cornerback, well, I just pretty much said that to compare him to Michigan's Booboo. He's a nickel back, but the comparison is there. He makes plays, and he's a freshman, and his name is Booboo. And so I love him for that.
I went to Bowling Green because I wanted quality education and BGSU provides that for me. I don't think there's much of a problem with me prepping Michigan fans on this upcoming weekend.
So to sum it up, I gave the Michigan fans my own personal thoughts on Bowling Green's football team without degrading the University in anyway possible. I'm going to the game as a fan Saturday, and I'm not wearing apparel of either school as to still be a professional.
After yesterday, anything can happen.
Thanks for the behind the scenes info. Very interesting.
I don't know why the formatting is so wierd. My computer has serious troubles with it. Sorry about that.
I think I got the font problem. Missed one "</div>".
By the way. I had a dream last night that I was reading SI.com and in the bottom right corner was a link to click on an article written by "Formerlyanonymous" and I remember thinking to myself... "Shit, when did FA get a weekly spot on si.com?".
So. +1 to you and here's to hoping you get that article in SI sometime soon!
....that's pretty far gone when you have dreams involving the blogosphere...maybe a couple days of golf are needed.
But thanks for the informative post.
But do you think your employer would appreciate you posting here?
He didn't say anything a coach couldn't find out by watching tape, and I doubt RR spends a whole lot of time scouting on MGoBlog. Nice for us to have a bit of extra info though.
To the OP: Thanks for the post. I feel better already.
is never a pretty sight. Wouldn't want to be BG next Saturday. Just sayin'.
For future reference, please be advised that Bowling Green is BGSU. There is only one BG, that being the venerable Brandon Graham.
UMass is way better than BG, and Michigan is going to come out roaring on Saturday. Gotta get some experience before Big 10 play.
I find it interesting that the FCS schools are almost on the verge of being better football schools than most Non-BCS FBS schools. It makes sense though and should've happened a long time ago.
A lot of FCS schools have a lot of things going for them now. Better academics, better campus, and the chance now to compete with FBS schools.
In 25 years in my fantasy world I would like to see FBS and FCS combine and just become Division 1. With it being a playoff like scenario.
Think March Madness on a whole new level. Oh sweet Jesus.
not too many falcon/wolvierines around here, I played there '99-'01. tell Sharpie Kaiser says sup!
So is that where your hate for Urban Meyer comes from? Back when he was "Urban Liar" at BG?
i'm one of the guys he ran out of town....apparently playing through spring ball, off season conditioning and the regular season with a separated shoulder wasn't good enough for him. not to metion i got mono during the season and still played through that!
if i ever met that fucker in a dark ally, only one of us would walk back out.
He's not really talked about much here, kind of just a blip on the radar. Especially to the people that were here then. They don't talk about him much, and it's normally not the best things either.
You should come back for a game! The stadium is gorgeous with the Sebo center they put in a few years back!
i only live 20 min. away so i'm over there all the time....the stadium is much improved! wish it were that nice when i was there.
Now are you stopping in all the time for some Myles or just because. lol
The new Falcon basketball arena looks kind of hideous from Wooster IMO, but its going to be a vast improvement over the old one.
I still play slow-pitch (suction cup lizards!) Over there every summer and my kids' dr. Is over there. But i do make the trip just for some campus pollyeyes chicken and cheese stuffed breadsticks every so often as well....and some mr. Spots.
I always say, I hope they have Pollyeye's in Heaven.
Yeah Pollyeye's breadsticks are pretty stinking good. For anyone that stops in BG on their way through on 75, stop in at Myles Pizza & Pub for some pizza or at Campus Pollyeye's for some chicken and cheese stuffed breadsticks. You won't be disappointed.
And back On Topic, the secondary better build up some courage to play close to the line of scrimmage otherwise we'll be picked apart all day long. I foresee another high scoring game.
Well it looks like our corners can't play 10 yards off the receivers against BG.
My guess is Gerg's gonna task Mouton/Kovacs/Prison Abs with covering an underneath zone while still playing the corners 10 yards off... gulp
nice BooBoo reference.
Good info, thank you. I didnt see what happened in the game, just saw that they put up 44 on Marshall and I imediately got worried. This definitely helps. I was also pleased after reading the post game notes from Coach Rod and the players. They knew they played flat yesterday, and admitted they had a lot to work on. I dont thknk that will happen again. GO BLUE!!!!
Great post and info. You obviously know both teams. What is your prediction for the game?
I don't think I should predict a score, but I think Devin Garnder will have a big day. Lol.
For the good measure of rubbing it in a little bit, I'm predicting Michigan misses an extra point while Bryan Wright makes a field goal... that will be fun for the BG fan in me.
Although he's virtually a lock to kick at least one kickoff out of bounds, as he does that pretty much once a game, even when he played for Michigan if I remember correctly.
Personally I'd like to see Kamar Jordan get like 18 catches. And have Denard run for like 200 yards.
UM just needs to play hard every game, and just take a one game at a time approach. If we play with motivation, especially the defense, we should win this game by at least 20 points. I hope we can go up big at halftime to give the 2nd and 3rd string QB some time and some of the younger players on offense and defense.
thanks for the insider info. i hope we all can celebrate with "peace pipes" this saturday
You my friend are what we consider a traitor and should be ashamed of yourself. You ever heard of anything called loyalty to the people that pay your bills?
I have been a Michigan for my entire life, but I do have enough for respect for the institution that awarded me my degree that I will have on my orange and brown at the game this weekend. As much as I want to see Michigan do extremely well, this is all I have to say...
Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba, Ay-Ziggy- Zoomba-Zoomba-Ze, ROLL ALONG YOU BG WARRIORS!!!
IMHO, if UM doesn't get their defense squared away they will lose this weekend. This team knows how to score points and they have for the past half decade or so. This team is going to be better than UMass. With that said, I think UM played like shit this past weekend and they will probably play a lot better next weekend.
I thought it was nice information to give us a little bit better view of what to expect from BG next weekend. It's not like he was giving away the playbook or anything.
Also, just because someone pays you doesn't mean that you have to love them. A lot of people hate their jobs, though I'm not trying to say BGWolverine hates his job at all. And they don't "pay his bills." They provide him a chance to earn the money to pay his bills by working for them.
They ain't paying my bills, I'm paying all my bills to them!!!
My undergraduate degree is going to get me next to nothing without my graduate degree... which will probably not be at BGSU.
And I love Bowling Green, but when you grow up in Ann Arbor your whole life you gotta cheer for the team you've invested 18+ years to. Ideally I want Bowling Green to go 12-0 every year... except when they pay the team from Ann Arbor.
Nothing about that makes me a traitor. Maybe a "Wal-mart Wolverine" to those idiots from MSU... but I'm Go Blue through and through.
Your degree is worth nothing? I would say you're a sport management major...but a graduate degree in Sport Mgmt isn't worth anything either. .
I am sure this traitorous info is just what RichRod and GRob where missing for their weekly game plans...
52-42 Michigan.
I expected the UMass was going to be a trap game. This is still a young team that came off two emotional games. I will take the win.
On the other hand, we should beat BG easily. If they play Sean Joplin and he plays emotionally, he could give the DBs fits. He can jump the high jump over 7' and has great hands and speed.
I hope we can give our back-up QBs some reps.
I hope we can give our back-up QBs some reps.
If the UMASS game is any evidence, the above will never happen with the current UM defense.
take on BGSU; much appreciated.
I'm a BG (not brandon graham) alum and am looking forward to my alma mater getting spanked (dont tease) by my favorite team. Yeah, I know I should be loyal to the place responsible for my 20k in student loans, but if BG plays in the Pizza Bowl: Pumped. If Michigan plays in the Pizza bowl: Fuck.
Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba.com is where BG fans congregate. They've already got some good stuff on there about weeks game, including the following about the author of this diary:
"Kid is clearly a flaming D-bag... Does he forget Schilz launching the ball 60 plus before the end of the half at Tulsa. It just reminds me of all the OSU fans/bg students that will leave a game to watch the buckeyes play Coastal Carolina. Robinson is a quick elusive player...but teams will be catching on quicker every week and will not continually put up those numbers. Anyway... we have a chance UMASS beat themselves in that game. Their QB said after being asked if he was nervous for the game, he said " we are playing Michigan,not the Patriots" He summed it up well. We are better than 08 Toledo for god sake."
Fuck Toledo, right?
Am I not allowed to still like Bowling Green?
You forgot to mention that BGSU has one of the most talented and best looking female athletes in Lauren Prochaska. There have been times when I wished she was on UM's mens Bball team.
I was looking at some stats and Bowling Green's rushing defense is somewhat worse than ours and damn, that's saying a lot. They are allowing about 190 ypg. Our offense should shread them up and down. Offense has a new QB. Works to our favor. We better not lose this game.
I'm still a BG student, fan, and employee and I'll see you guys at various events while I continue to work for the athletic department.
I love BGSU and I love Ann Arbor too. I am thankful that I get to participate at sporting events, it's not something I take for granted.
But lesson learned. No more jokes coming from over here, I promise.
This is the last post I'll be posting on MGoBlog. It's time for me to stop spending my time doing things like this and focus 100% on school and working to build my trust up with the Bowling Green fans. Since I haven't been able to post on that site and apologize I'm going to use this as my place to go apologize.
I was just trying to have a little fun and prepare Michigan fans for the Bowling Green game this upcoming weekend. It did not occur to me that anyone would be offended by my words, and I when I work I always work without bias to try and do the best job I can. What I said was wrong and I really am sorry.
I have been volunteering in the Bowling Green Athletic Department for over a year and a half waiting for any job to come up. I was given a minimum wage job working on game days at various events, and I have been very, very proud of that job. I've been bragging whenever I could because it's always been my dream to work in an Athletic Department, no matter how big or small the role is.
I shouldn't of said what I said and I'm sorry. It will never happen again. I really hope the people at Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba read this because I never imagined what I wrote would end up tearing down what I've been trying to build up for the past year.
I've had fun on here but it's time to leave, and focus on being a student and worker.
You can read my blog about Bowling Green baseball if you guys want to see a little bit of the work I've been trying to put into this school.


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If I get the 1/8 Traxxas Funny Car and part it out can the motor be sold in the MP? Im just curious because it's castle branded but come out of an original Traxxas Production vehicle.
I just dont want to get points for selling a non Traxxas item
pm a couple mods the well known one's about it and maybe a employee wouldnt hurt either like 3 rolls or nitro chicken since they are the common ones on here. they'll all get back to you very fast. ive had a couple questions that they have gotton back fast same day.
Living life.
Sounds good, I have seen a few systems from the e-revo for sale in the MP but Im just not sure if they sold really quickly or just deleted by the mods.
IF it is a motor that came with the Funny Car then it is a Traxxas product and can be sold in the Market Place. Keep in mind the burden of proof is on the seller to show it is a Traxxas product. In this case it should be easy as the motors from the Funny Cars are Blue instead of the standard Castle Green. I know the very first run of the Funny Car came with Green motors and that could be a problem.
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The blue can is obvious, it says Traxxas on it.
What i was getting at was a pic in the potential ad, showing the funny car with the motor in it, or next to it even. Kinda to say the motor came from here. Especially if DJ is talking about a green can from the original run sent out by Traxxas.
The ERBE and EMBE come with a black motor... traxxas is the only place youll find a black Castle 2200kv motor. So if you see a castle 2200motor for sale in the MP on its own, it will be black and it will be a traxxas only part. BUT, the ESC is the same as any other castle MMM so it would be hard to prove that its a traxxas part unless your selling it WITH a traxxas motor, in which case it makes sense.
The funny car has a traxxas specific motor AND ESC, the look is unique to traxxas so it wont be hard to tell.
Ok, its the green can and honestly it will probably just be easier to throw it on eBay or the other rc forums to avoid a headache
Just thought I would ask but there is way to much uncertainty and it's not worth getting warning points for
Mods please delete this thread
Thanks for all the replies guys
I tried to sell my mamba monster on here the other day and it was deleted, the only way that you can sell any other brand motor and esc is if it comes in a traxxas vehicle, not parted out. It will get deleted
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For those of you who have been around the Sabayon community for a while, particularly if you are an active participant in the freenode #sabayon and #sabayon-social channels, you will have come across someone with the nickname Bunz. It is my sad duty to inform you that Alan Fox (aka Bunz) has recently passed away. He was a part of our community for near a year now. He was best known for his "cyber-balloons" and his daily nick changes (all suffixed with Bunz - HappyBunz, UndieBunz, OopsBunz). He was a great lover of nature and photography, and some of us bonded with him because of having that in common with him. He also always had an ear and a kind word when people needed him to listen. While most of us only knew him online, his kindness, sense of humour, and generosity of spirit were apparent, even over the net. He will be missed tremendously.
I don't want to get into the details of his death, since they've already been posted elsewhere, so if anyone wants to see the news article, the link will be posted below. Also, there is a brief obituary link. There isn't an address to send a condolence card listed, but in the obituary, there is a funeral home contact in case anyone wants to make a donation to a charity of your own choice in Alan's name. If you want to do something quieter and more personal to say goodbye in your own way, since he seemed so fond of gifting cyber-balloons in irc, you may want to consider getting a helium balloon, attaching your own note to the string, and releasing it.
Article - http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-10212008-1608461.html'
Obituary - http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/223-10212008-1608529.html


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ORLANDO -- Just saw University of Miami linebacker Denzel Perryman with the other Hurricanes at the Russell Athletic Bowl's community service trip to Give Kids The World Village, a 70-acre theme-park-type village where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families spend a week.
Wonderful, inspiring place. The Hurricanes -- and Louisville Cardinals -- were having a great time interracting with the children and their families, doing everything from hula-hooping to playing life-sized checkers (Curtis Porter was a blast playing checkers with an outgoing little girl) to lifting them for some fancy slam-dunking to dancing to a DJ.
It was great to see the players in a nonfootball setting having so much fun and being genuinely sweet to the kids.
"We put smiles on kids' faces,'' said UM junior linebacker Denzel Perryman. "We just made somebody's days. I have a kid of my own."
Perryman's daughter is Ella Grace Perryman, born Nov. 12. He said he's learned from fatherhood "that you don't get that much sleep and pretty much you just have got to change diapers and have a nice little schedule of rotating.''
And of course we asked him about his status as a Hurricane and if he has made up his mind about whether to enter the NFL Draft after this game.
"I really haven't thought about that,'' Perryman said. "I sat down with [linebackers] coach [Micheal] Barrow, but I"m going to wait until literally after the bowl game to really sit down and think about all that. I'm going to wait a little.
"I really haven't been thinking about that at all.
"It allows me to focus in and continue to do what I have to do. I don't want to make that decision, i'm going to leave and then my whole attitude changes towards the bowl game."
Perryman said that when he, and other like him, first come in the thought is often that they are going to play three years and then automatically leave. But now that he's facing that decision, he said it's much harder than he ever imagined.
"In past seasons, when you first come in you always have that thought, 'I'm going to be three-and-out; I'm going to be three-and-done.' And the decision comes for you to make it, it's kind of tough.
"When you first come in you're like , 'I'm going to leave, it's going to be easy.' but when you get in that situiatno, it's like 'wow. you know, like, this decision can change my life pretty much.''
Does everyone ask him whether he's going to leave early?
"I get it a lot,'' Perryman said. "When people see me out, even my own family asks me what i'm doing."
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.— The National Football League on Thursday announced the Denver Broncos' 2013 reseason schedule, which features road games against the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks followed by home contests at Sports Authority Field at Mile High against the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals.
Additionally, the NFL revealed that Denver's Week 3 game against St. Louis (Saturday, Aug. 24) will be broadcast nationally on primetime (6 p.m. MDT on CBS) to mark the fourth time in the last five seasons the Broncos have played in front of a national television audience during the preseason.
The Broncos will open their preseason on the road for the 16th consecutive season—extending the club record—when they make their final visit to San Francisco's Candlestick Park to face the 49ers (Aug. 8-11). Denver will visit the Seattle Seahawks the following week (Aug. 15-19) before its preseason home opener against the St. Louis Rams on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Broncos will wrap up their preseason play against Arizona for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons when they host the Cardinals (Aug. 29-30).
Denver owns a 127-114 (.527) all-time record in the preseason and has registered at least a .500 record in the preseason during 15 of the last 17 seasons. Last year, Denver finished with a 2-2 preseason record.
For the 44th consecutive year, 850 KOA will broadcast all Broncos games as the team's radio-rights holder. Dave Logan (play-by-play) will be in his 17th full season calling games for the club while former Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey (color commentary) will take part in his second full season providing on-air analysis. Local television broadcast details for the preseason as well as the network broadcast crew for the Broncos' nationally-televised game against St. Louis will be announced when they are available.
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Lest we forget… December 29, 2012Posted by WorldbyStorm in The Left.
…EamonnCork makes the point that there's no thread for those who died this year. And as he notes Gerry Anderson who was a towering figure in parts of popular culture is a good example of same. For my money Anderson's best work was that on UFO – a weird campy but sometimes surprisingly adult programme, but perhaps that's unfair. Above are the end titles to UFO – brilliant stuff. His earlier work was excellent, later things got a bit ropey. Space: 1999 never quite lived up to its premise, and became a curious mixture of the chill and sillyness – sort of 200!:A Space Odyssey visuals entrapped by the constraints of children's tv tropes of the time.
Then there was Patrick Moore. And many others. But what of figures on the left of other areas. Eric Hobsbawm immediately springs to mind. And others…
- 1. FergusD - December 29, 2012
OMG, guys in futuristic string vests showing their nipples! Yikes! All the girls are tasty and wearing shiny mini-skirts or tight pants. No room in the future (or was it actually now?) for fatties in lurex then!! I suppose cosmoseutical science would have eliminated any unsightliness!
- 2. EamonnCork - December 29, 2012
This guy deserves to be remembered. This particular tune never stales, whereas we've probably all heard Take Five often enough at this stage.
- 3. EamonnCork - December 29, 2012
Ben Gazzara
George McGovern
Earl Scruggs
Charles Rosen
Chris Marker
Theo Angelopolous
Donna Summer
Tommy Keane
- 4. EamonnCork - December 29, 2012
And this man deserves a space of his own.
- 5. Blissett - December 29, 2012
I noticed the RTÉ sports awards included former cork hurling coach Canon Michael O'Brien in the list of those who died during the year, when the Canon is still alive. I would not like to have been at the end of the phone in RTÉ when the county board rang in. Bad mistake to make.
- EamonnCork - December 29, 2012
I suppose people who are able to make the highlight of their very own show take place during the ad break are capable of anything. They confused the Canon with the horse racing trainer Michael O'Brien who'd just died.
- 6. Michael Carley - December 30, 2012
And a word for Alexander Cockburn:
- 7. yourcousin - December 30, 2012
James Filkoski RIP
- 8. Pasquale Redenz - January 9, 2013
when i was a kid i was very interested in astronomy. these days i have a telescope at home."
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HIGH1 RESORT, South Korea – Two years after the Vail/Beaver Creek, CO hosts the 2015 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships, the biennial event will move to St. Moritz, Switzerland – a resort where Americans have had incredible success. It was during the 1948 Olympic Winter Games, which was also scored as a World Championships, that Gretchen Fraser earned the historic first U.S. gold medal in skiing. Other World Championships held at the storied Swiss alpine resort were in 1934 and 1974. But it was the 2003 Worlds where the U.S. Ski Team rewrote the record books as a 25-year-old Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) collected gold in giant slalom and combined, along with a silver in super G. Teammate Erik Schlopy shared that giant slalom podium with bronze, while Kirsten Clark and Jonna Mendes went silver and bronze in super G.
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Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer today announced nineteen goals were met from the agency's Strategic and Operational Plan during the month of September, three of which were achieved ahead of schedule. Springer credited the OPM staff for their continued achievement in meeting all established monthly targets.
"I continue to take pride in the fact that OPM's employees are working hard to meet the goals we have set for ourselves," Director Springer said. "We're achieving positive results for our agency, the Bush Administration, and the American people."
One of the most significant accomplishments last month was the creation of a comprehensive catalog of Federal Government-offered professional development programs. Now available on the OPM website, the catalog features a library of leadership development and training programs offered by numerous departments and agencies to help expand the leadership skills of current and future managers, supervisors, and executives throughout the Federal government.
OPM also achieved its goal of implementing a 45-day hiring model for all Federal agency hires. Currently, 67% of hires are made within 45 days, with 24 agencies reporting. To continue improvement efforts, OPM has conducted hiring flexibilities training for agencies across the country, showcased successful practices in reducing time to hire, and developed a hiring makeover toolkit. The hiring makeover toolkit enables agencies to review their hiring process in order to streamline and reengineer toward the 45-day model.
Other goals met for September include:
· Evaluate and update OPM educational curricula for relevance and effectiveness in the current human resources environment
· Make final 90 percent of initial retirement benefits in 30 days
· Complete and mail notice in 10 working days for 80 percent of subsequent change requests
· Answer 85 percent of general inquiries within 72 hours
· Work with Federal agencies to ensure Senior Executive Service (SES) performance appraisal systems focus on goal achievement
· Set guidelines for managerial development
· Have written succession plans in place at 15 Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) agencies
· Set targets for closing competency gaps in the Human Resources Management Specialist occupation
· Implement a human capital accountability system, including compliance with merit system principles, laws, rules, and regulations in accordance with OPM standards, at eight CHCO agencies
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· Implement the group employee incentive Human Resources Products and Services division pilot program in the Center for Talent Services
· Implement performance standards for OPM common services
· Maintain agency prompt payment performance at 98 percent; improve divisional performance (non-Investigative Services) 10 percent
· Implement new common services methodology
Other goals achieved ahead of schedule this past month include:
· Identify at least one initiative per year to partner with unions and employee advocacy groups and implement beginning in 2006
· Respond to routine media inquiries within two hours 95 percent of the time.
· Support Administration Strategies to address pandemic influenza threats.
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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli will stay at the club despite interest from his homeland, according to his agent.
Balotelli was left out of Sunday's squad to face Tottenham at home but Mancini insisted that was done as part of the player's rest and recovery.
And the striker's agent Mino Raiola is adamant the player is committed to the club for the long term, despite reported interest from AC Milan, telling Radio CRC: "His relationship with Mancini is like that between a husband and his wife. They argue but they love and respect each other so much."
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